River Quotes Quotes

“I need constant stimulation. I need to flow like a river. Constantly challenged, but uninterrupted.”
― Abhaidev, The Meaninglessness of Meaning

“The river speaks a language, something one isn’t born knowing but has to learn. I learned it from my dad. Some of it is wisdom, some of it skill. Some of it is the quirks and tendencies of a natural beast—the ebb and flow, the up and down, the flood draining down to a trickle. It’s all part of the river’s story, which it’s always willing to tell.”
― McCaid Paul, Dead River

“Those who train their hearts in natural wonder shall forever know the rivers, forests, wildflowers, and oceans, as friends.”
― Atalina Wright, ‎Wild Riverbanks

“The river is time, and we are always
within it -- even when we think we’re standing dry-footed on the bank, watching the current pass.”
― Robert Macfarlane, Is a River Alive?

“It is only safe to mock a crocodile when you have crossed the river.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“A river can't forgive because it is only capable, in the first place, of love. A river loves the dumpers, the polluters, the slayers, the nest-thieves, the bird-killers, the dammers, the water-stealers. A river loves even the clear-cutters. But I can forgive. I am trying to be like the river.”
― Janisse Ray, Drifting into Darien: A Personal and Natural History of the Altamaha River

“Rivers carve their paths with the gentle persistence of time.”
― Aloo Denish Obiero

“Every river is a witness to the passage of time, a faithful companion to the ebb and flow of history.”
― Ajaz Ahmad Khawaja

“Like a river, my fingers spread and split through you not afraid to embrace the parts of you that you’d rather not speak about. I understand that this is not an overnight kind of thing, long as you understand too that like most rivers. They do not stop.”
― Kewayne Wadley, Vibing with You: Adult Coloring Book & Quotes

“My brother . . . he used to say we fall through life like water. Just as a river gives itself to the ocean, so too will our paths meet their end. But we will never find ourselves alone. That’s what he always told me. We will reunite at the confluence, in time, for all rivers empty to the sea where they may rest.”
― Giselle Beaumont, On the Edge of Daylight

“Most of the time, you don't know the source of a river or where it flows into, and people whose past or future you don't know are just like this river!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“A river knows nothing about its next destination, It may crash, fall, or even get polluted but it never forgets the property of flowing.”
― Wisdom With Shubham

“All reflect on this mirror like world, all our thoughts; its deeds bright or dark, and in glad or gloom, we must pass the time! and the dreams in flow, like a shining river, with a rush to reach the surging seas.”
― Nithin Purple

“The healing starts at the mountain, but you need the river to wash the pain away.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“A few days ago, the river was my bubble from the outside world, edging out everything painful and dark. Now, I realize how foolish I was for believing the river could shield me from danger. I’m nowhere near as safe out here as I thought.”
― McCaid Paul, Dead River

“All reflect on this mirror like world, all our thoughts, its deeds bright or dark, and in glad or gloom; we must pass the time! and the dreams in flow, like a shining river, with a rush to reach the surging seas.”
― Nithin Purple

“I'm still faithful to the river.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Her past was a dark, winding river she preferred to steer clear from, never wanting to dip her toes in lest she be dragged away by the strongest currents.”
― Giselle Beaumont, On the Edge of Daylight

“As human beings, we must understand that what we see is not always what it is. The rivers are also thirsty, and a tree on the cliff's edge isn’t lonely.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya, Safa Tempo: Poems New & Selected

“Now, I imagine how the place must look to someone like Ms. Judy, the landscape barren and bleak after sixty-five summers without her, trees stunted in growth due to the numerous hurricanes, floods, droughts, and tornadoes over the years. As a result, the overhead limbs now bear the shape of the wind, the bank eroded and boggy, with multiple man-made items caught in the snags along the shore—fishing line, a board or two from an old dock, a piece of rope, an empty beer bottle.
But there’s also something serene about it all, to the fingers of fog sneaking through the leafy foliage, hovering like damp breath; the sweet and spicy smell of milkweed and traces of pollen coating the calm surface, each breath of wind shedding yellow dust.
We tie off along a clump of cypress knees, our lines swishing over the rusty-brown surface. Ms. Judy doesn’t even ask for help, flicking her wrist back and aiming for a narrow spot in between two fallen limbs, the movement like muscle-memory after all this time.”
― McCaid Paul, Dead River

“But there’s also something serene about it all, to the fingers of fog sneaking through the leafy foliage, hovering like damp breath; the sweet and spicy smell of milkweed and traces of pollen coating the calm surface, each breath of wind shedding yellow dust.
We tie off along a clump of cypress knees, our lines swishing over the rusty-brown surface.”
― McCaid Paul, Dead River

“Less than a mile away, through the dense river jungle of oaks, palmetto, and cypress, lies the Choctawhatchee, a source of comfort and a glimpse of home." (pg. 17)”
― McCaid Paul, Dead River

“A river can't swallow the ocean's sorrow but can ease its burden.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya, Safa Tempo: Poems New & Selected

“We are always launched upon the river, already afloat on the flow.”
― Robert Macfarlane, Is a River Alive?

“Rivers are easily wounded, but given a chance they heal themselves with remarkable speed. Their life *pours* back.”
― Robert Macfarlane, Is a River Alive?

“A hypothesis: Earth and River are both gods made of
time, but even Earth has cause to fear River.”
― Robert Macfarlane, Is a River Alive?

“Life rushes by like a swift river, but only in stillness do we truly understand its flow.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya

“My feet lingered at the edge of the riverbank. The river was loud and angry here, the rumble echoing off the mountains and roaring at the shore. In the distance stood a lone pine tree in the middle of it all, refusing to grow anywhere else but the icy waters.
‘I’ve done a lot of sinning lately,’ I said.”
― Valerie Dunsmore, Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit

“My ambition is a river, carrying not just me or my family, but lives I have yet to touch. For this, I cannot, and will not, give up.”
― Marion Bekoe

“Walking barefoot along the riverbank, bathed in morning light, and gathering a few odd stones. I need nothing more.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya