Rivers Quotes

1778 Rivers quotes by 1144 unique authors

New York is a diamond iceberg floating in river water. — Truman Capote
Once in my life I knew a grief so hard I could actually hear it inside, scraping at the lining of my stomach, an audible… — Leif Enger
Since early morning he had been swimming in the river, in company with his friends the ducks. And when the ducks stood on their heads… — Kenneth Grahame
The Mole was bewitched, entranced, fascinated. By the side of the river he trotted as one trots, when very small, by the side of a… — Kenneth Grahame
The trees bathed their great heads in the waves of the morning, while their roots were planted deep in gloom; save where on the borders… — George MacDonald
That evening, rowing on the quiet river as sunset turned to dusk, I saw an occasional smoky smudge on the towpath, always slightly ahead of… — Deborah Harkness
The expression "following suit" is a curious one, because it has nothing to do with walking behind a matching set of clothing. If you follow… — Daniel Handler
Though you are three times more beautiful than angels, Though you are the sister of the river willows, I will kill you with my singing,… — Anna Akhmatova
I don’t know [why we're here]. People sometimes say to me, ‘Why don’t you admit that the humming bird, the butterfly, the Bird of Paradise… — David Attenborough
At this moment, you are seamlessly flowing with the cosmos. There is no difference between your breathing and the breathing of the rain forest, between… — Deepak Chopra
That's the one trouble with this country: everything, weather, all, hangs on too long. Like our rivers, our land: opaque, slow, violent; shaping and creating… — William Faulkner
Those hours given over to basking in the glow of an imagined future, of being carried away in streams of promise by a love or… — Mark Strand
You mustn't stand about. Come home with me to dinner.’ ‘No.’ More shakes his head. ‘I would rather be blown around on the river and… — Hilary Mantel
In the instant before the door opened, I could almost sense my life expanding just like a river whose waters have begun to swell; for… — Arthur Golden
I would rediscover the secret of great communications and great combustions. I would say storm. I would say river. I would say tornado. I would… — Aime Cesaire
Love is a river. Drink from it. — Unknown Author
Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing. And when you have reached the mountain top, then you shall begin… — Khalil Gibran
.. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that in glory and in triumph they could become the… — Carl Sagan
Your mother is not crazy. Neither, contrary to popular belief, is your brother. He is merely miscast in a play. He would have made the… — S E Hinton
He smiled his dimpled smile. "Well, I've found something in my heart, my love, and it's you. You fill it up so completely that I… — Sabrina Jeffries
I have transported many, thousands; and to all of them, my river has been nothing but an obstacle on their travels. They travelled to seek… — Hermann Hesse
He was taught by the river. Incessantly, he learned from it. Most of all, he learned from it to listen, to pay close attention with… — Hermann Hesse
This is where the story starts, in this threadbare room. The walls are exploding. The windows have turned into telescopes. Moon and stars are magnified… — Jeanette Winterson
Women were like rivers, their banks were unreachable, the night often rang with the cries of the drowned. — Thomas Bernhard
Momma said that ghosts couldn't move over water. That's why Africans got trapped in the Americas.. They kept moving us over the water, stealing us… — Laurie Halse Anderson

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