Distinctive Quote by William Least Heat-Moon

The Missouri is, perhaps, different in appearance and character from all other rivers in the world; there is a terror in its manner which…

— George Catlin

I have never seen a river that I could not love. Moving water... has a fascinating vitality. It has power and grace and associations.…

— Roderick Haig-Brown

“I thought how lovely and how strange a river is. A river is a river, always there, and yet the water flowing through it…

— Aidan Chambers

I've never been far from the river. I'm sort of like a Thames-nymph.

— Natalie Dormer

A river, though, has so many things to say that it is hard to know what it says to each of us.

— Norman Maclean

A river seems a magic thing. A magic, moving, living part of the very earth itself.

— Laura Gilpin

Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us as a people… We are a nation rich in rivers.

— Charles Kuralt

What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt it is sure to get where it is going,…

— Hal Boyle

Anything you grab hold of on the bank breaks with the river's pressure. When you do things from your soul, the river itself moves…

— Coleman Barks

A river is the cosiest of friends. You must love it and live with it before you can know it.

— George William Curtis

The Voice of the River is a beautifully written, deeply inclusive and profoundly spirtual work of art. I am moved by its great genorosity…

— Carole Maso

The river is a metaphor for life in general, ... all the bullshit that you deal with from being a kid growing up. The…

— Zakk Wylde