#miles

When I was 2, we moved into an imposing country mansion 8 miles west of Cardiff, Wales. ↗

— Roald Dahl

#i #imposing #into #mansion #miles

I grew up not far from where Motown was founded, maybe 300 miles from Detroit and I've always liked - I used to like the way they made records. I still do, I just haven't had a chance to hear as much. They used to entertain me. ↗

— Rick Danko

#chance #detroit #entertain #far #founded

Poems in a way are spells against death. They are milestones, to see where you were then from where you are now. To perpetuate your feelings, to establish them. If you have in any way touched the central heart of mankind's feelings, you'll survive. ↗

— Richard Eberhart

#any #central #death #establish #feelings

When I came there I found all my family gone, for the Indians had killed five people in the winter near that place, which frightened my wife and family away to Roanoke about 35 miles nearer in among the inhabitants, which I was informed of by an old man I met near the place. ↗

— Christopher Gist

#among #away #came #family #five

Anything is possible. I've got a few more miles in me. I'm not going to feel sorry for myself. ↗

— Michael Flatley

#anything is possible #feel #few #going #got

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep. ↗

— Robert Frost

#go #i #keep #miles #promises

The beauty we love is very silent. It smiles softly to itself, but never speaks. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

#itself #love #love is #never #silent

I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better. ↗

— Diane Lane

#anybody #automatically #better #i #i think

Tires were so bald on the truck that the air was showin' through, and I had to drive fifty miles an hour all the way out there, because the vibration was so bad. ↗

— Chris LeDoux

#bad #bald #because #drive #fifty

The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#gradual #hell #hell is #milestones #road