#carolina

Comely was the town by the curving river that they dismantled in a year's time. Beautiful was Colleton in her last spring as she flung azaleas like a girl throwing rice at a desperate wedding. In dazzling profusion, Colleton ripened in a gauze of sweet gardens and the town ached beneath a canopy of promissory fragrance. ↗

— Pat Conroy

#nostalgia #small-town #south-carolina #spring #beauty

And when her lips met mine, I knew that I could live to be a hundred and visit every country in the world, but nothing would ever compare to that single moment when I first kissed the girl of my dreams and knew that my love would last forever. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#love #nicholas-sparks #north-carolina #novel #dreams

It's almost therapeutic driving there and driving back (to North Carolina), with the time you get to think about things as well as create checklists. ↗

— Kurt Busch

#almost #back #carolina #create #driving

Almost forty-five years after my parents first became Americans, I stand before you and them tonight as the proud governor of the state of South Carolina. ↗

— Nikki Haley

#almost #became #before #carolina #first

Boeing started a new line for their 787 Dreamliner, creating 1,000 new jobs in South Carolina, giving our state a shot in the arm when we truly needed it. ↗

— Nikki Haley

#carolina #creating #giving #jobs #line

I was on significant financial aid, an only child, with parents who didn't have much living in North Carolina. ↗

— Chris Hughes

#carolina #child #financial #financial aid #i

They are always telling us that Carolina Blue is not a color, that it is really Columbia blue or sky blue. But there is no bad blood amongst the teammates. All of our kidding is in good fun. ↗

— Lorrie Fair

#amongst #bad #blood #blue #carolina

Since my retirement, I've spent a lot of time trying to help the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina. A society like this just can't afford an uneducated underclass of citizens. ↗

— Charles Kuralt

#carolina #citizens #help #i #just

I'm always happy to have the President visit North Carolina. Unfortunately, the citizens of North Carolina who could be most adversely affected by the President's plan have not been invited to the discussion. ↗

— Mel Watt

#affected #always #been #carolina #citizens

I received orders from Congress to proceed to Charleston in South Carolina, for the purpose of Co'operating with General Lincoln in the defense of that Capitol. ↗

— Abraham Whipple

#carolina #charleston #congress #defense #general