“I see you off and sorrow—Oh, to be
your horse on land, your vessel on the stream!”

“This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land is made for you and me.”

Woody Guthrie (1912–1967) American singer-songwriter and folk musician

“Spur not an unbroken horse; put not your plowshare too deep into new land.”

Walter Scott book The Monastery

“Oh, seek, my love, your newer way;
I'll not be left in sorrow.
So long as I have yesterday,
Go take your damned tomorrow!”

Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist

“Every time I see you, all the rays of the sun
Are streaming through the waves in your hair
And every star in the sky is taking aim at your eyes
Like a spotlight.”

Jim Steinman (1947) American musician

“Oh how beautiful to fall to give you flight,
To die to give you life, to rest under your sky;
And in your enchanted land forever sleep.”

José Rizal (1861–1896) Filipino writer, ophthalmologist, polyglot and nationalist

“Then the bay horse spoke to me again and said: "See how your horses all come dancing!" I looked, and there were horses, horses everywhere — a whole skyfull of horses dancing around me.”

Black Elk (1863–1950) Oglala Lakota leader

“Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful… How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural--you need to smile to your sorrow because you are more than your sorrow.”

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist

“I should throw you off this building minus the flying horse and see how heroic you sound on the way down.”

Rick Riordan book The Titan's Curse

“Everyday my heart falls deeper in the pain of your sorrow.
Your cruel heart is weary of me already.
You have left me alone, yet your sorrow remains.
Truly your sorrow is more faithful than you are”

Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet