Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.Quote by Marcus Aurelius about events, things, time
The tragedy of the civil rights movement is that just as it achieved the beginning of the end of racial segregation, white educated elites became swept up in the glamour of the sexual revolution.Quote by Maggie Gallagher about revolution, tragedy, beginning, sex, end
You have to come as an original. If you come in and you're imitating everyone else, you get swept away in the game. But if you're coming as one unto yourself, they can't replace you; they can only try to get somebody who's like you.Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about games
On a frozen, wind-swept day, a poem is like a warm fireplace, melting the frost lining that lingers on the edge of icy hearts.Quote by Eleanor R. Hampton about poetry, day