Bitter Lakes

Famous quotes containing the words bitter and/or lakes:

“It is bitter to think of one’s best years disappearing in this unpolished country.”
—Greta Garbo (1905–1990)

“When you get out on one of those lakes in a canoe like this, you do not forget that you are completely at the mercy of the wind, and a fickle power it is. The playful waves may at any time become too rude for you in their sport, and play right over you.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)