Famous quotes containing the words tropical and/or formed:
“Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes:
A thing, as the Bellman remarked,
That frequently happens in tropical climes
When a vessel is, so to speak, snarked.”
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (18321898)
“How can one explain all the time and thought that goes into raising a child, all the opportunities for mistakes, all the chances to recover and try again? How does one break the news that nothing permanent can be formed in an instantchildren are not weaned, potty trained, taught manners, introduced to civilization in one or two triesas everyone imagined.”
—Mary Kay Blakely (20th century)
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