River Thames Quotes

“I propose that an area of no more than 300 square miles, centered roughly upon Henley-on-Thames, has made this quintessentially British town Britain's 'small town and village murder capital'.”
― Thomas Newport, BINOCLARITY: A travel along the length of the River Thames and into the heart of the British psyche

“Andrei sometimes wondered how much a river would change Los Angeles.

He pictured a long stream of water that divided the city, much like the River Thames or the Seine. Rivers nourished. The water happily rewrote the aisles of streetlamps and transformed one’s nighttime walk into a feature film. It carried boats filled with a surveying crowd that waved back at any brandishing hand on land that tried. It fostered lunch dates, amusing dares, and a reference for the lost.

Andrei had spent one summer abroad and met these rivers. He was astonished at the difference in conversations the Europeans had with him. They were simple and alive. The pubs helped. The accents, too. Was it the rain that reminded? he speculated. The museums? The red buses? The cheap flights to any neighboring country? So—what was it about the geography of LA that made connection impossible? Just then, the sun glared at him. He glared back.”
― Karl Kristian Flores, A Happy Ghost

“The River Thames was catching reflections of city lights in its watery gaze. The Shard cut through the night like a silent mountain, it stood tall, brightly lit, and aloof, while the older buildings shimmered in the background, showcasing the many scars of London’s troubled history.”
― Ryan Gelpke, Dying in Champoussin