#ok

Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#another #darkness #distant #each #life

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#better #books #conversation #man #mere

Ned made a tremendous rattling, at which Bullet took fright, broke his bridle, and dashed off in grand style; and would have stopped all farther negotiations by going home in disgust, had not a traveller arrested him and brought him back; but Kit did not move. ↗

— Augustus Baldwin Longstreet

#back #bridle #broke #brought #bullet

He looks as though he's been weaned on a pickle. ↗

— Alice Roosevelt Longworth

#looks #pickle #though

My command, less than ten thousand, had found the battle on the Plank road in retreat, little less than a panic. In a few hours we changed defeat to victory, the broken divisions of the Third Corps rallying in their rear. ↗

— James Longstreet

#broken #changed #command #corps #defeat

There was no indication of panic. The broken files marched back in steady step. The effort was nobly made and failed from the blows that could not be fended. ↗

— James Longstreet

#blows #broken #could #effort #failed

The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable. ↗

— Adolf Loos

#habitable #house #look #room

I judge people on how they smell, not how they look. ↗

— Jennifer Lopez

#i #judge #look #people #smell

David Letterman is the best late-night talk show host right now, hands down, and has been since he first took the desk. ↗

— George Lopez

#best #david #david letterman #desk #down

I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations. ↗