Adieu Quote by Walter Scott

“The skiff swung gently, drifting in the current. He undid his shirt to the waist and put one forearm to his eyes. He could…

— Cormac McCarthy

“stopped rowing as the liquid run of that glad piping broke on him like a wave, caught him up, and possessed him utterly.”

— Kenneth Grahame

“By love that first did prompt me to inquire; He lent me counsel, and I lent him eyes. I am no pilot, yet wert…

— William Shakespeare

“Till morning dawned I was tossed on a buoyant but unquiet sea, where billows of trouble rolled under surges of joy.”

— Charlotte Brontë

“the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth…

— Kenneth Grahame

“He woke early the next morning. It was still cool, but he opened the window and, leaning on the ledge, looked down at the…

— Rupert Thomson

“One night between sunset and river On the old bridge we stood, you and I. Will you ever forget it, I queried, - That…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“She fed him scraps from her ragbag because words were all that were left now. Perhaps he could use them to pay the ferryman.…

— Kate Atkinson

“when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories…

— Kenneth Grahame

“Past question, every experience is serviceable to us. Where got Ben-Hur the large hand and mighty grip which helped him now so well? Where…

— Lew Wallace

“The poor sod. Apparently he lost it when his wife died. Ended up sectioned in some hospital near Preston, where I always imagined him…

— Andrew Michael Hurley

“He stretched out his arms towards the dark water in a curious way, and,far as I was from him I could have sworn he…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald