Bridges Quote by Rudyard Kipling

Twenty bridges from Tower to Kew — (Twenty bridges or twenty two) — Wanted to know what the River knew, For they were young,…

— Rudyard Kipling

“The Thames Shouldered its way past Blackfriars Bridge, impatient with the ancient piers, no longer the passive stream that slid past Chelsea Marina, but…

— J.G. Ballard

The Thames is liquid history.

— John Burns

“It’s a half bridge, really, as only four of its original arches remain. It ends midway across the river. Like it reached, tried to…

— Khaled Hosseini

“The bridges you cross before you come to them are over rivers that aren't there.”

— Gene Brown

Tower Bridge would make a cool house. I like the idea of living over the river.

— Stuart Broad

“There are many rivers that we cross in our lifetime, unfortunately some of those rivers just don't have bridges.”

— John R. Gouin

“Every river they came to was bridge-less, as if its name had been erased, as if the sky were starless, homes doorless.”

— Michael Ondaatje

The Thames is a wretched river after the Mersey and the ships are not like Liverpool ships and the docks are barren of beauty…

— John Masefield

You absorb 2,000 years of history just by being near the Thames.

— Martin Freeman

“A bridge can still be built, while the bitter waters are flowing beneath.”

— Anthony Liccione

“The way London carries on about the Thames you’d think it was a big deal, including lining it with all their classiest buildings, such…

— Donald E. Westlake