There is nothing so desperately monotonous as the sea, and I no longer wonder at the cruelty of pirates. – James Russell Lowell Category: Water
But I do see the good side of water now. How good it is when you’re really thirsty, how it glitters and gurgles! How alive it is! – G.K. Chesterton, The Flying Inn, 1914 Category: Water
If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home. – James A. Michener Category: Fear
You might as well fall flat on your face as lean over too far backward. – James Thurber Category: Risk
There may be a great fire in our hearts, yet no one ever comes to warm himself at it, and the passers-by see only a wisp of smoke. – Vincent Van Gogh Category: great
