See! the mountains kiss high heaven,
And the waves clasp one another;
No sister flower would be forgiven
If it disdained its brother;
And the sunlight clasps the earth,
And the moonbeams kiss the sea: -
What are all these kissings worth,
If thou kiss not me?
~Percy Bysshe Shelley, Love’s Philosophy

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There are big ships and small ships.  But the best ship of all is friendship.  ~Author Unknown

A ship in harbor is safe - but that is not what ships are for.  ~John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic

One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.  ~André Gide

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You don’t really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back.  ~William D. Tammeus

Making the decision to have a child is momentous.  It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body.  ~Elizabeth Stone

Parenthood:  That state of being better chaperoned than you were before marriage.  ~Marcelene Cox

Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.  ~John Wilmot

Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.  ~Robert Fulghum

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