#tossed

Would that I were a dry well, and that the people tossed stones into me, for that would be easier than to be a spring of flowing water that the thirsty pass by, and from which they avoid drinking. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

#drinking #dry #easier #flowing #i

The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas. ↗

— Alfred Noyes

#ghostly #moon #seas #tossed #upon

In every question and every remark tossed back and forth between lovers who have not played out the last fugue, there is one question and it is this: 'Is there someone new?' ↗

— Edna O'Brien

#between #every #forth #fugue #last

Without the Empire we should be tossed like a cork in the cross current of world politics. It is at once our sword and our shield. ↗

— William Morris Hughes

#cross #current #empire #like #once

Sometiems its those things you can't touch that you need to hold onto most. ↗

— Carrie Ryan

#harry #inspirational #inspirational

Whenever I catch a chunk of an Adam Sandler comedy on cable, it looks as badly shot and goofily tossed off as a Jerry Lewis gag reel once he hit the late downslide with 'Hardly Working' and 'Cracking Up.' ↗

— James Wolcott

#adam sandler #badly #cable #catch #chunk

When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and the motor had been run to make sure that it was in condition, we tossed a coin to decide who should have the first trial. Wilbur won. ↗

— Orville Wright

#coin #condition #could #decide #fastened

Looking back, I wince at the careless way I tossed out my opinions. ↗

— Luke Ford

#careless #i #looking #looking back #opinions

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#compelled #happen #man #nine #out

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#embrace #tempest #tossed