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“But just as the river is always at the door, so is the world always outside. And it is in the world that we have to live.”
― Across the Nightingale Floor
― Across the Nightingale Floor
“The river is everywhere.”
― Siddhartha
― Siddhartha
“We must begin thinking like a river if we are to leave a legacy of beauty and life for future generations.”
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“There is no more sagacious animal than the Icelandic horse. He is stopped by neither snow, nor storm, nor impassable roads, nor rocks, glaciers, or anything. He is courageous, sober, and surefooted. He never makes a false step, never shies. If there is a river or fjord to cross (and we shall meet with many) you will see him plunge in at once, just as if he were amphibious, and gain the opposite bank.”
― Journey to the Center of the Earth
― Journey to the Center of the Earth
“The river itself portrays humanity precisely, with its tortuous windings, its accumulation of driftwood, its unsuspected depths, and its crystalline shallows, singing in the Summer sun. Barriers may be built across its path, but they bring only power, as the conquering of an obstacle is always sure to do. Sometimes when the rocks and stone-clad hills loom large ahead, and eternity itself would be needed to carve a passage, there is an easy way around. The discovery of it makes the river sing with gladness and turns the murmurous deeps to living water, bright with ripples and foam.”
― Old Rose and Silver
― Old Rose and Silver
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