River Quotes

1549 River quotes by 1049 unique authors

TWENTY bridges from Tower to Kew - Wanted to know what the River knew, Twenty Bridges or twenty-two, For they were young, and the Thames… — Rudyard Kipling
She was as forthright and simple as the winds that blew over Tara and the yellow river that wound around it. — Margaret Mitchell
As it happened, I didn't grow up to be the kind of woman who is the heroine in a Western, and although the men I… — Joan Didion
Thus, sped by currents of curiosity afloat the swift river of rumor do secrets sail to strange ports. — Will Eisner
Statement: A girl and a boy jump into a river. The boy swims over to the girl and says, "God, it's cold." Question: What's the… — Jenny Downham
I know already that I will return to this day whenever I want to. I can bid it alive. Preserve it. There is a still… — Colum McCann
I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me what is happiness. And I went to famous executives who boss the… — Carl Sandburg
When her muzzle grew more white than brown, the chipmunk forgot that she and the squirrel had had nothing to talk about. She forgot the… — David Sedaris
A stilted heron labored up into the air and pounded down the river. — John Steinbeck
If a life goes down the toilet, it comes out in a river and meets the sea. — Carol Plum-Ucci
The happiness of man is: I will. The happiness of woman is: he wills. ‘Behold, just now the world became perfect!’—thus thinks every woman when… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I leaned back against him and rested my cheek on his shoulder. I could feel the river water dripping off of him. "Thank you" I… — Elizabeth Chandler
The living do not see eternity, just as they don't see Everlost, but they sense both in ways that they don't even know. They don't… — Neal Shusterman
While the flowers, pale and unreal in the moonlight, floated away upon the river; and thus do greater things that once were in our breasts,… — Charles Dickens
Sometimes it made her want to put her fist through glass; other times, it made her cry a river. — Jodi Picoult
But I will not tell you how long or short the way will be; only that it lies across a river. But do not fear… — C.S. Lewis
Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say.Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is… — J. Michael Straczynski
Mercy," he said,"in a fair fight between near equals, I'll back you every time. It's the demons, vampires, and river devils I worry about, and… — Patricia Briggs
And often the worst thing wasn't the victims--they were dead, after all, and beyond any more pain. The worst thing was those who loved them… — Dennis Lehane
This cruel age has deflected me, like a river from this course. Strayed from its familiar shores, my changeling life has flowed into a sister… — Anna Akhmatova
Here in the United States, we speak with reverence of authentic experience. We write poems about our daddies taking us fishing and breaking our hearts… — Charles Simic
Self abandoned, relaxed and effortless, I seemed to have laid me down in the dried-up bed of a great river; I heard a flood loosened… — Charlotte Bronte
Journeys up the Metaphoric River are hugely enjoyable and highly recommended. Since every genre is nourished by its heady waters, a paddle steamer can take… — Jasper Fforde
The woman turned and went slowly into the house. As she passed the doors she turned and looked back. Grave and thoughtful was her glance,… — J.R.R. Tolkien
She is nine, beloved, as open-faced as the sky and as self-contained. I have watched her grow. As recently as three or four years ago,… — Annie Dillard

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