152 Quotes About Lakes


  • Author Elisabeth Beazley
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    During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries a practical knowledge of the construction of small lakes was part of the equipment of most countrymen. Many of the holes they dug and dams they built still hold water and are now often regarded as 'natural.' They are of immeasurable value in the landscape.

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  • Author Hans Christian Andersen
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    If you looked down to the bottom of my soul, you would understand fully the source of my longing and – pity me. Even the open, transparent lake has its unknown depths, which no divers know.

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  • Author Kelley Armstrong
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    I hear voices. A shout. A laugh. Clay's laugh. I strained to see through the night. Fog had rolled in from Lake Ontario, but I could hear him laughing. The concrete turned to grass. The fog wasn't from the lake, but from a pond. Our pond. I was at Stonehaven, bounding through the back acres. Clay was running ahead of me.

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  • Author Bob Balaban
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    I was born on Wellington Avenue and my family that remains lives in the Lake Shore Drive area.

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  • Author Ernesto Bertarelli
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    I really enjoy sailing on Lake Geneva because I can just look at the shore and see my wife having a barbecue with the kids.

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