Rivers Quotes

1778 Rivers quotes by 1144 unique authors

We walked along the river with the words streaming behind us like ribbons in the night. — Sue Monk Kidd
With so much sky and so much river, you couldn't help seeing the big picture. It was what you already knew, but crowding into the… — Melissa Bank
You never step in the same river of thought twice, because neither you nor it are the same. — Jacques Barzun
When a writer is swayed with his fame and his fortune, you can float him down the river with the turds. — Charles Bukowski
All rivers run full to the sea; those who are apart are brought together; the lost ones are redeemed; the dead come back to life;… — Mark Helprin
Lawrence has a wonderful hill in it, with a university on top and the first time I ran away from home, I ran up the… — Langston Hughes
If you were to be lost in the river, Jonas, your memories would not be lost with you. Memories are forever. — Lois Lowry
No, life cannot be understood flat on a page. It has to be lived; a person has to get out of his head, has to… — Donald Miller
I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each… — Kazuo Ishiguro
The Mississippi River towns are comely, clean, well built, and pleasing to the eye, and cheering to the spirit. The Mississippi Valley is as reposeful… — Mark Twain
Everyone in the life before was cranky, I think, because they just wanted to know. --After I Was Thrown in the River and Before I… — Dave Eggers
A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared… — Maya Angelou
Was it pretty? Your country. . .your land?" "It was beautiful," the gunslinger said. "There were fields and forests and rivers and mists in the… — Stephen King
And in the end, of course, a true war story is never about war. It's about sunlight. It's about the special way that dawn spreads… — Tim O'Brien
What?" It was a good word. Like a rock in a river, sticking up to let you land on it, so you could make your… — Patricia A. McKillip
(Speaking of the Cistercian monks) A grim fraternity, passing grim lives in that sweet spot, that God had made so bright! Strange that Nature's voices… — Jerome K. Jerome
Life is a journey. Time is a river. The door is ajar — Jim Butcher
I am not the river I am the net. — Frank Herbert
Into the air, over the valleys, under the stars, above a river, a pond, a road, flew Cecy. Invisible as new spring winds, fresh as… — Ray Bradbury
your letters got sadder. your lovers betrayed you. kid, I wrote back, all lovers betray. it didn't help. you said you had a crying bench… — Charles Bukowski
...you find yourself studying the fine colors on the river, you feel wonder and awe at the setting of the sun, and you are filled… — Tim O'Brien
So that the new generation that will be born can enjoy happiness. To pay the cost we will have to shoulder corpses and cross a… — Hiromu Arakawa
We have each other, and our stories twist and mingle like the twisting currents of a river. We hold each other tight as we spin… — David Almond
In my prayers, I want to say: Lord, don’t be far from me, and also don’t come too close. Let me contemplate the stars on… — Amin Maalouf
Life was a swarm of accidents waiting in the treetops, descending upon any living thing that passed, ready to eat them alive. You swam in… — David Wroblewski

Who Wrote These Rivers Quotes

1,144 authors contributed a total of 1,778 Rivers Quotes, led by these top contributors: