River Quotes

1549 River quotes by 1049 unique authors

They held me and told me everything would be fine, that sadness would rise from our bones and evaporate in sunlight the way morning fog… — Shane Jones
I looked down at my clothes. They were slashed to pieces and full of bullet holes, but I was fine. Not a mark on me.… — Rick Riordan
It was thought, perception, sensations that interested her, the conscious mind as a river through time, and how to represent its onward roll, as well… — Ian Mcewan
The river and the garden have been the foundations of my economy here. Of the two I have liked the river best. It is wonderful… — Wendell Berry
The Doctor: Doctor Song, you've got that face on again. River: What face? The Doctor: The "He's hot when he's clever" face. River: This is… — Steven Moffat
I was too busy fighting the river to worry about adjusting my beliefs in accordance to reality. — Patricia Briggs
All things of the body stream away like a river, all things of the mind are dreams and delusion; life is warfare, and a visit… — Marcus Aurelius
Ricky had taught me a few cuss words. I usually practiced them in the woods by the river, then prayed for forgiveness as soon as… — John Grisham
Nick could see the gun shaking in Alan's hand now, in tight, terrified spasms. "Last night we put a magician in the river," Alan said,… — Sarah Rees Brennan
Tess had said that the river was liable to wash the palace and the city and the whole kingdom off the rocks, and then there… — Kristin Cashore
By the River Piedra I sat down and wept. There is a legend that everything that falls into the waters of this river -- leaves,… — Paulo Coelho
These days grief seems like walking on a frozen river; most of the time he feels safe enough, but there is always that danger that… — David Nicholls
Christmas is a bridge. We need bridges as the river of time flows past. Today's Christmas should mean creating happy hours for tomorrow and reliving… — Gladys Taber
I didn't set fire to the building." "No, but you did pull it into the river." "That put the fire out! — Anthony Horowitz
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. — Khalil Gibran
Suicide Note: The calm, Cool face of the river Asked me for a kiss. -Langston Hughes — Kay Redfield Jamison
You tried to drink the East River,"Magnus said, and Alec saw, as if for the first time, that Magnus's clothes were soaking wet too, sticking… — Cassandra Clare
I feel like im in this river just getting swept along... And if I hold on to anyone, if I'm holding on for dear life,… — Bryan Lee O'Malley
At the window he sits and looks out, musing on the river, a little brown hen duck paddling upstream among the windwaves close to the… — Wendell Berry
I watch her as she leaves. Everything about her is fluid as a river. Her messy hair, her xylophone voice, the strokes of her paintbrush.… — Lisa Ann Sandell
Mom said, "His spirit is there," and that made me really angry. I told her, "Dad didn't have a spirit! He had cells!" "His memory… — Jonathan Safran Foer
Every inner touch, every one of its fingerprints on my brain, burned like acid. It shredded the walls of my soul like tissue paper, it… — Rob Thurman
I thought the earth remembered me, she took me back so tenderly, arranging her dark skirts, her pockets full of lichens and seeds. I slept… — Mary Oliver
Ultima came to stay with us the summer I was almost seven. When she came the beauty of the llano unfolded before my eyes, and… — Rudolfo Anaya
I had been afraid of the awful presence of the river, which was the soul of the river, but through her [Ultima] I learned that… — Rudolfo Anaya

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