"A gypsy with a broken flag and a flashing ring
He said, Son, this ain't a dream no more it's the real thing."
--Bob Dylan "Senor: Tales of Yankee Power"

He had read somewhere that a man must do three things during his life: raise a son, write a book and plant a tree.
--Hakan Nesser "The Hour of the Wolf"

Nothing is as  powerful as the extraordinary jolt of a teenager's first love. It's like seeing the world after double-cataract surgery.  Life is suddenly exquisite. Each leaf becomes the bearer of unbearable beauty.
--Chris Offutt

All rivers, even the most dazzling, those that catch the sun in their streams, all rivers go down to and drowned in the sea.  And life awaits man as the sea awaits the river.
--Simone Schwarz-Bart
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There's a long, long trail a-winding into the land of my dreams.   
--Stoddard King