River Quote by Franklin J. Meine

“One who knows the Mississippi will promptly aver—not aloud, but to himself—that ten thousand River Commissions, with the mines of the world at their…

— Mark Twain

“Both possessing remarkably rich southern drawls, words loitered on their tongues like drunken drifters when they spoke.”

— Jeffrey Stepakoff

“...and the sound of her low voice seemed to have the accompaniment of all the other sounds, full of mystery, desolation, and sorrow, I…

— Joseph Conrad

“The river narrowed, quickened, its surface trembling like the eyes of dreamers.”

— Patricia A. McKillip

“The words slid fluidly off my tongue, with only an occasional stammer. I could only attribute it to the sweep and flow of water…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“and the river’s voice was full of longing, full of smarting woe, full of insatiable desire.”

— Hermann Hesse

“But the river, though it flowed so slowly, had still a sense of movement and it gave one a melancholy feeling of the transitoriness…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“But I don't think a river wants anything, except to be itself. Just like anybody and anything. I don't think it claimed a soul.…

— William T. Vollmann

“The river that never run Dry, always have a generous amend to flourish”

— Bobby Vj

“Going up that river was like travelling back to the earliest beginnings of the world, when vegetation rioted on the earth and the big…

— Joseph Conrad

“I had come to know the singular power of a river advancing toward the open sea and the power of tides regulating that advance.…

— Pat Conroy

“A river flow freely from its source.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita