I thought how lovely and how strange a river is.

I was interested in cross-pollinating the two. I thought there was something lovely in the little vignette forms. I wanted to explore that.

— Sandra Cisneros

“She thought it lovely, and at the same time felt relief that, at the moment, her heart kept silent. A speaking heart could break-she…

— Nora Roberts

“She had never thought her name lovely until she heard him say it, his warm Scots voice lingering softly over the word.”

— Jan Cox Speas

I looked at my daughter's face and thought, it's lovely to be beautiful but better to be healthy.

— Koo Stark

Tell me now in what hidden way isLady Flora the lovely Roman?Where's Hipparchia, and where is Thais,Neither of them the fairer woman?Where is Echo,…

— Dante Gabriel Rossetti

I was born in Oslo, Norway, but now live in the suburbs of Southwest London, right near the River Thames. It's a lovely part…

— Alexander Hanson

The flood subsides, and the body, like a worn sea-shell emerges strange and lovely.

— Anonymous

In Africa a thing is true at first light and a lie by noon and you have no more respect for it than for…

— Ernest Hemingway

The river was so blue it seemed to be breathing.

— Brian Morton

What's his offense? Groping for trout in a peculiar river.

— William Shakespeare

And see the rivers how they run Through woods and meads, in shade and sun, Sometimes swift, sometimes slow, Wave succeeding wave, they go…

— John Dyer

The river is motion, turmoil, rage. As the river flows, it wonders what it would be like to be so still, to take a…

— Kekla Magoon

And he misses her Like a wind starved sail He sits knowing what direction to go But the current keeps pulling him Down river.

— Rumi

I always like to look for adventure when I go away. I have gone on several horse adventures with my wife - from Guangxi…

— Antony Gormley

Somehow the river is louder when you cover your ears.

— Niall Williams