“Don't be the leaf that floats down the river. Be the stone that splits the stream.”— Boots Riley, Squeeze, Steven Yeun, imdb.com
“[Lewis and Ed take a wrong turn looking for the river] First Griner: Where you goin' city boy? Lewis: We'll find it. We'll find it. Second Griner: It ain't nothin' but the biggest fuckin' river in the state.”— James Dickey, Lewis Medlock, Burt Reynolds, imdb.com
“Though it is 2500 feet high, the glacier flowed over its ground as a river flows over a boulder; and since it emerged from the icy sea as from a sepulcher it has been sorely beaten with storms; but from all those deadly, crushing, bitter experiences comes this delicate life and beauty, to teach us t…”— John Muir, amazon.com
“Hydrogen selenide, I decided, was perhaps the worst smell in the world. But hydrogen telluride came close, was also a smell from hell. An up-to-date hell, I decided, would have not just rivers of fiery brimstone, but lakes of boiling selenium and tellurium, too.”— Oliver Sacks, amazon.com
“Jumped in the river, what did I see? Black-eyed angels swam with me, a moonful of stars and astral cars, and all the figures I used to see.”— Thom Yorke, open.spotify.com
“It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees They're putting up reindeer And singing songs of joy and peace Oh I wish I had a river I could skate away on But it don't snow here It stays pretty green I'm going to make a lot of money Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene I wish I had a river…”— Joni Mitchell,
“Be like the flowing river, Silent in the night. Be not afraid of the dark. If there are stars in the sky, reflect them back. If there are clouds in the sky, Remember, clouds, like the river, are water. So, gladly reflect them too, In your own tranquil depths”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com