Bitter Lakes

Famous quotes containing the words bitter and/or lakes:

“Unknown love
Is as bitter a thing
As the maiden-lily”
—Lady Otomo No Sakonoe (fl. 8th century)

“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)