Rivers Quotes

1778 Rivers quotes by 1144 unique authors

There was a feeling, not sudden, but complete, as though I had been given a small object to hold unseen in my hands. Precious as… — Diana Gabaldon
There are some delightful places in this world which have a sensual charm for the eyes. One loves them with a physical love. We people… — Guy de Maupassant
Why did the old Persians hold the sea holy? Why did the Greeks give it a separate deity, and own brother Jove? Surely all this… — Herman Melville
Confined on the ship, from which there is no escape, the madman is delivered to the river with its thousand arms, the sea with its… — Michel Foucault
Farewell, my great one, my own, farewell, my pride, farewell, my swift, deep, dear river, how I loved your daylong splashing, how I loved to… — Boris Pasternak
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 donâ€™t know [why we're here]. People sometimes say to me, â€˜Why donâ€™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.â€™ â€˜No.â€™ More shakes his head. â€˜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

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