When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself. – Isak Dinesen
The cure for anything is salt water – sweat, tears, or the sea. – Isak Dinesen
The moment she had laid the child to the breast both became perfectly calm. – Isak Dinesen
God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road. – Isak Dinesen
I have long been one of those tedious people who rails against the coronation of student-athletes. I have heard the argument that big-time athletics bring in loads of money to universities. I dont believe the money goes anywhere other than back into the sports teams, but thats another story. – Susan Orlean