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Letter "T" » the edge
«We've come a long way, but it's like nibbling at the edge of darkness.»
«They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, They danced by the light of the moon»
Author: Edward Lear
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Painter,
Writer)
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Keywords:
Ate,
danced,
dined,
dines,
dine in,
edge,
Edge of,
hand in hand,
in hand,
mince,
mincing,
quince,
runcible spoon,
sand,
sliced,
slices,
slicing,
spoon,
the edge,
The Sand
«We live at the edge of the miraculous.»
«The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.»
«We live at the edge of the world, so we live on the edge. Kiwis will always sacrifice money and security for adventure and challenge.»
«Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out.»
«To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feelthe breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, to watch the flight of shore birds that have swept up and down the surf lines of the continents for untold thousands of year, to see the running of the old eels and the young shad to the sea, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be.»
Author: Rachel Carson
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Keywords:
continents,
earthly,
earthly life,
ebb,
ebbed,
ebbing,
ebbs,
Edge of,
Eels,
flight,
flow,
Great Salt,
lines,
marsh,
marshes,
mist,
mists,
mist over,
salt,
shad,
shore,
surf,
surfing,
swept,
the edge,
The Mist,
Thousands,
tides,
untold,
up and down,
young bird
«When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.»
Author: D.H. Lawrence
(
Essayist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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Keywords:
bound,
edge,
get the jump,
jumps,
jump on,
jump out,
jump up,
land,
Over the Edge,
somewhere,
the edge
«We stand today on the edge of a new frontier-the frontier of the 1960s, a frontier of unknown opportunities and perils-a frontier of unfulfilled hopes and threats.»
Author: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
(
President)
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Keywords:
edge,
Edge of,
frontier,
New Frontier,
perils,
the edge,
The Frontier,
The Perils of,
Threats,
unfulfilled,
unknown
«Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes the edge off admiration»