River Quotes

1549 River quotes by 1049 unique authors

Vengeance burns,Torak." said Fin-Kedinn as the river bore him away. "It burns your heart. It makes the pain worse. Dont let that happen to you. — Michelle Paver
The river flowed from century to century, and human affairs play themselves out on its banks. Play themselves out to be forgotten the next day,… — Milan Kundera
Oh, Eeyore, you are wet!” said Piglet, feeling him. Eeyore shook himself, and asked somebody to explain to Piglet what happened when you had been… — A A Milne
Every universe, our own included, begins in conversation. Every golem in the history of the world, from Rabbi Hanina's delectable goat to the river-clay Frankenstein… — Michael Chabon
History is a river that never ends. Today is history, and I am here at the fountainhead. — Wilbur Smith
The point of going somewhere like the Napo River in Ecuador is not to see the most spectacular anything. It is simply to see what… — Annie Dillard
Whoever's reading this, if anyone is reading it: does it matter that our old selves are lost to us as surely as the past is… — Joyce Carol Oates
A book floated down the Amper River. A boy jumped in, caught up to it, and held it in his right hand. He grinned. He… — Markus Zusak
Quietly they moved down the calm and sacred river that had come down to earth so that its waters might flow over the ashes of… — Vikram Seth
May in Ayemenem is a hot, brooding month. The days are long and humid. The river shrinks and black crows gorge on bright mangoes in… — Arundhati Roy
Dear Bill (O'Reilly)...I am concerned that you have been losing touch with reality recently. Did you really say you are more powerful than any politician?… — Roger Ebert
He fell in love with Manhattan's skyline, like a first-time brothel guest falling for a seasoned professional. He mused over her reflections in the black… — Arthur Phillips
What is true about a person? Would I change in the same way the river changes color but still be the same person?... And then… — Amy Tan
Maybe a hundred years ago our people should have run away from this place, I said... And then run from the next place and the… — Alice Hoffman
Why sip from a tea cup, when you can drink from the river. — Steve Martin
Now suzanne takes you hand And she leads you to the river She is wearing rags and feathers From salvation army counters And the sun… — Leonard Cohen
I love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers; thanks to your love a certain solid… — Pablo Neruda
Time is an enormous, long river, and I’m standing in it, just as you’re standing in it. My elders are the tributaries, and everything they… — Utah Phillips
...there was another, gorier parturition, when two nations incarnated out of one. A foreigner drew a magic line on a map and called it the… — Rohinton Mistry
I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn't, So I jumped in and sank. — Langston Hughes
Back and forth she went each morning by the river, spring arriving once again; foolish, foolish spring, breaking open its tiny buds, and what she… — Elizabeth Strout
Sometimes she has imagined what it would be like to fly, to live in the river, to run like a horse. She has dreamed of… — Francesca Lia Block
How joyful to be together, alone as when we first were joined in our little house by the river long ago, except that now we… — Wendell Berry
Fine!" muttered Mogget. "Wet, cold, and full of holes. Another fun day on the river. — Garth Nix
Poetry Love's Philosophy The fountains mingle with the river And the rivers with the ocean, The winds of heaven mix for ever With a sweet… — Percy Bysshe Shelley

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