666 Quotes About Rivers

  • Author John Cheever
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    I sometimes go back to walk through the ghostly remains of Sutton Place where the rude, new buildings stand squarely in one another's river views.

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  • Author Jonathan Carroll
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    Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.

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  • Author Joseph Conrad
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    The old river in its broad reach rested unruffled at the decline of day, after ages of good service done to the race that peopled its banks, spread out in the tranquil dignity of a waterway leading to the uttermost ends of the earth.

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  • Author Joseph Conrad
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    Books may be written in all sorts of places. Verbal inspiration may enter the berth of a mariner on board a ship frozen fast in a river in the middle of a town.

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  • Author Misha Collins
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    I've been a river kayaker for a long time and I've done quite a few trips. I like kayaking and I like canoeing. I don't really like being on yachts or sailboats or cruise ships. I don't like anything that's large and not human-powered.

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