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«Write bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble»
Author: Arab Proverb | About: Writing | Keywords: piece, piece of writing, sand
«They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon»
«Real friends are very special, but you have to be careful because sometimes you have a friend and you think they are made of rock, then suddenly you realise they're only made of sand.»
Author: Maria Callas (Soprano) | About: Friends | Keywords: careful, realise, rock, sand, suddenly
«To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour.»
«Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand: Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!»
«The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.»
«To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.»
«Speak, speak, for underneath the cover thereThe sand is running from the upper glass,And when the last grain's through, I shall be lost.»
«When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child... eventually.»
Author: Stephen Wright (Actor, Writer) | About: Children | Keywords: box, box up, eventually, kid, sand
«She is mine own,And I as rich in having such a jewelAs twenty seas, if all their sand were pearl,The water nectar, and the rocks pure gold.»

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