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There’s a day to ride thumb on a thunderhead
There’s a day to make fantasy real
There’s a day to deny and a day to decry
and a day for the man with the wind at his heels!

— Mike Scott Book of Lightning (2007)

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More quotes by Mike Scott

I'm gonna look twice at you
until I see the Christ in you when I'm lookin through the eyes of love..

Universal Hall (2003)

He's like a man you'd meet any place
until you recognize that ancient Face
The Great God Pan is alive!

Dream Harder (1993)

I sacrifice my power on the altar of your love
that it may be born again on another world.

Universal Hall (2003)

How long will I love you?
As long as stars are above you
And longer if I can

Room to Roam (1990)

You are an eternal being of love
you are the light of the world.

Universal Hall (2003)

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Utu, shepherd of the land, father of the black-headed, when you go to sleep, the people go to sleep with you; youth Utu, when you rise, the people rise with you.

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The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Edward Gibbon The History of the Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire (1776)

Matter gave birth to a passion that has no equal, which proceeded from something contrary to nature. Then there arises a disturbance in its whole body.

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.

Martin Luther King Jr.

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