Florencio Ermita

“Very few men attain enough of human knowledge to be fully aware how much remains to be learned, and of that which they never can hope to acquire.”
― James Fenimore Cooper, The Sea Lions Or The Lost Sealers

“The water far below was black in the shadow of the ship. A plank creaked. She froze. No noisy jump. It would have to be a dive. Head down into darkness. She’d never dived at night.”
― Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

“We had been taken from The Wild and brought together in one place, because, for some strange reason, people found us interesting.”
― Daniel Quinn, Ishmael: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit

“Amelia Bedelia," said Mrs. Rogers,
"Christmas is just around the corner."
"It is?" said Amelia Bedelia. "Which corner?"
Mrs. Rogers lauhged and said,
"I mean tomorrow is Christmas Day."
"I know that," said Amelia Bedelia.”
― Peggy Parish, Merry Christmas, Amelia Bedelia