Famous quotes containing the words long, distance and/or footpath:
“Gods cool in turn, by the sun long outlasted.”
—William Empson (1906–1984)
“We have been told over and over about the importance of bonding to our children. Rarely do we hear about the skill of letting go, or, as one parent said, “that we raise our children to leave us.” Early childhood, as our kids gain skills and eagerly want some distance from us, is a time to build a kind of adult-child balance which permits both of us room.”
—Joan Sheingold Ditzion (20th century)
“The footpath down to the well is healed.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)