#owning

I don't see any justification for the federal government owning land, other than the Statue of Liberty and maybe a few parks, maybe a few refuges. But to just own land to do nothing with it I think is a disservice to the Constitution. ↗

— Don Young

#constitution #disservice #federal #federal government #few

Tell her this And more,— That the king of the seas Weeps too, old, helpless man. The bustling fates Heap his hands with corpses Until he stands like a child With surplus of toys. ↗

— Stephen Crane

#drowning #king-neptune #neptune #ocean #poseidon

Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character ↗

— Robert Browning

#paracelsus #robert-browning #faith

I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank. ↗

— Langston Hughes

#desperation #drowning #poetry #suicide #death

Nobody wanted your dance, Nobody wanted your strange glitter, your floundering Drowning life and your effort to save yourself, Treading water, dancing the dark turmoil, Looking for something to give. ↗

— Ted Hughes

#drowning #poetry #life

He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that. ↗

— Robert Jordan

#expectations #jordan #lan #new-spring #overwhelmed

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#being #being overwhelmed #frightened #had #high

sometimes life isn’t worth the pain. i’m going for a swim. goodbye, my love. ↗

— Jake Vander Ark

#drowning #romance #suicide #tattoo #teen

We believe in loving our brothers regardless of race, color or creed and we believe in showing this love by working for better conditions immediately and the ultimate owning by the workers of their means of production. ↗

— Dorothy Day

#better #brothers #color #conditions #creed

I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival. ↗

— Kurt Vonnegut

#crowning #evolution #far #glory #human