Quotes of Tortoise - somelinesforyou

“ Tortoise: But we must be careful in combining sentences. For instance, you'd grant that "Politicians lie" is true, wouldn't you? Achilles: Who could deny it? Tortoise: Good. Likewise, "Cast-iron sinks" is a valid utterance, isn't it? Achilles: Indubitably… ”

- Douglas R. Hofstadter

“ I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument. ”

- Sappho

“ Deathlessness should be arrived at in a… haphazard fashion. Loving fame as much as any man, we shall carve our initials in the shell of a tortoise and turn him loose in a peat bog. ”

- Elwyn Brooks White

“ Even as a tortoise draws in its limbs, the wise can draw in their senses at will. ”

- Bhagavad Gita

“ Parrots, tortoises and redwoods live a longer life than men do; Men a longer life than dogs do; Dogs a longer life than love does. ”

- Edna St. Vincent Millay
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