Agitation Quote by Lisa Lang

“Logs drowse in the pond Dreaming of their heroes Alligator and crocodile”

— Vern Rutsala

“In the swamp the alligators drifted like patches of bad-assed water.”

— Terry Pratchett

You look at any poetic creature: muslin, ether, demigoddess, millions of delights; then you look into the soul and find the most ordinary crocodile!

— Anton Chekhov

“That night in bed I was thinking about the way creeks and streams operate. They start off little, gurgling and bubbling and jumping over…

— John Marsden

Only when you have crossed the river can you say that the crocodile has a lump on his snout.

— Ashanti

The flood subsides, and the body, like a worn sea-shell emerges strange and lovely.

— Anonymous

“Like a gazelle, fully aware of the risk of crocodiles, but driven by thirst to the river’s edge, I could not turn back.”

— Claire Ashby

“For here he was, barely able to tread water, some gargantuan lizard in the water with him, and the most beautiful woman in the…

— Vernon D. Burns

“There are many rivers to cross to our successful destinations. Never fear the crocodiles. They may look frightful, but they will not harm you.…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“How doth the little crocodile improve his shining tall, and pour the waters of the Nile on every golden scale.” His eyes flicked meaningfully…

— J.M. Sullivan

Man is not an aquatic animal, but from the time we stand in youthful wonder beside a Spring brook till we sit in old…

— Hal Borland

As for men, those myriad little detached ponds with their own swarming corpuscular life, what were they but a way that water has of…

— Loren Eiseley