Misery is the River of the World

“Misery's the river of the world. Everybody row!”

— Tom Waits

“The higher that the monkey can climb, the more he shows his tail. Call no man happy till he dies, there's no milk at…

— Tom Waits

“Misery is a river of tears that whispers my name in a constant hiss.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

A great country is like the lower outlet of a river. It is the world's meeting ground, the world's female.

— Laozi

The River... It's my world, and I don't want any other. What it hasn't got is not worth having, and what it doesn't know…

— Kenneth Grahame

If you're good at it, and you love it, and it helps you navigate the river of the world, then it can't be wrong.

— Sherman Alexie

“Look closer. The river's its own world of fast and slow, deep and shallow, bright and shadowed. If you look at it like that,…

— Cynthia Hand

Swift or smooth, broad as the Hudson or narrow enough to scrape your gunwales, every river is a world of its own, unique in…

— Bob Marshall

Well I got a bad liver and broken heart, yeah,I drunk me a river since you tore me apart

— Tom Waits

If the Soul sees, after death , what passes on this earth , and watches over the welfare of those it loves, then must…

— Albert Pike

Is not disease the rule of existence? There is not a lily pad floating on the river but has been riddled by insects. Almost…

— Henry David Thoreau

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

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

Somehow the river is louder when you cover your ears.

— Niall Williams