“One is so apt to think of people's affection as a fixed quantity, instead of a sort of moving so with the tide, always going out or coming in but still fundamentally there: and I believe this difficulty in making allowance for the tide is the reason for half the broken friendships.” PeopleThinkingBelieveStillsReasonMovingI BelieveHalfBrokenDifficultyAffectionFixedQuantityTidesGoing OutAllowanceFriendship Broken Author:Freya Stark
“Each that we lose takes a part of us; A crescent still abides, Which like the moon, some turbid night, Is summoned by the tides.” StillsNightLosesLossMoonTidesCrescent Book:The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson Source: The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson
“In a still hot morning, the tide went out and didn't come back in. This was not a spectacular event. The sea did not roll up like a scroll, like the sky in Revelations. It quietly withdrew.” StillsMorningSeaSkyEventsHotRevelationsTidesSpectacularTidy Author:Ruth Park