Famous quotes containing the words side and/or length:
“Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man.”
—Mary McCarthy (1912–1989)
“It was inspiriting to hear the regular dip of the paddles, as if they were our fins or flippers, and to realize that we were at length fairly embarked. We who had felt strangely as stage-passengers and tavern-lodgers were suddenly naturalized there and presented with the freedom of the lakes and woods.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)