Rivers neede a spring.

He used often to say there was only one Road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep, and…

— Anonymous

Hark, I hear a robin calling! List, the wind is from the south! And the orchard-bloom is falling Sweet as kisses on the mouth.…

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

It cannot but affect our philosophy favorably to be reminded of these shoals of migratory fishes, of salmon, shad, alewives, marsh-bankers, and others, which…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Those who don't feel this Love pulling them like a river, those who don't drink dawn like a cup of spring water or take…

— Rumi

Think of the Father as a spring of life begetting the Son like a river and the Holy Ghost like a sea, for the…

— John of Damascus

There are some delightful places in this world which have a sensual charm for the eyes. One loves them with a physical love. We…

— Guy de Maupassant

The seasons, like greater tides, ebb and flow across the continents. Spring advances up the United States at the average rate of about fifteen…

— Edwin Way Teale

Fortunately, like most children, I had learned what is most valuable, most indispensable for life before school years began, taught by apple trees, by…

— Hermann Hesse

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

We live in a state with a wonderful climate and plenty of natural beauty, from the shores of Cumberland Island to the Chattahoochee River…

— Roy Barnes

These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger…

— David Nicholls

She watched the prairies the rivers, the towns slipping past at an untouchable distance below - and she noted that the sense of detachment…

— Ayn Rand

The crisis of our diminishing water resources is just as severe (if less obviously immediate) as any wartime crisis we have ever faced. Our…

— Jim Wright

Somehow the river is louder when you cover your ears.

— Niall Williams

Fly-fishing for wild trout on quiet waters must be one of the toughest and craziest ways to catch fish ever invented by man, as…

— John D. Voelker