A river seems a magic thing. Laura Gilpin I was born upon thy bank, river, My blood flows in thy stream, And thou meanderest forever At the bottom of my dream. If you've been thinking You're all that you've got then don't feel alone anymore. Because when we're together then you've got alot Because I am the River and you are the Shore.
Every civilization rests on a set of promises.
If the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies,no matter how rich it might be, or how mechanically clever. Whatever comes, this too shall pass away. Ella Wheeler Wilcox Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing the things historians usually record, while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes, make love, raise children, sing songs, write poetry and even whittle statues. The story of civilization is the story of what happened on the banks.