#river

Freedom comes when you see the built-in contradiction of trying to manipulate something that is going right to begin with.... Stop trying to steer the river. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

#river-surrender #freedom

You had to be willing to fight in order for a love story to last a life time. ↗

— Cristina Marrero

#cristy-anne #lesbian #lgbtq #love #queer-youth

Couples stray,” said Edgar. “Part of the breaking-in process.” “Not breaking in, breaking.” Nicola differed sharply. “You can glue people together again. But then your relationship’s like any other repaired object, with cracks, blobs of epoxy, a little askew. It’s never the same. I can see you haven’t a notion what I’m on about, so you’ll have to take my word for it.” “Christ, you’re a babe in the woods.” Edgar stopped slicing tomatoes. “You got it ass-backward. A marriage perched like porcelain on the mantelpiece is doomed. Sooner or later grown-ups treat each other like shit. You gotta be able to kick the thing around, less like china than an old shoe—bam, under the bed, or walk it through some puddles. No love’s gonna last it if can’t take abuse. ↗

— Lionel Shriver

#lionel-shriver #love #love

The river is one of my favorite metaphors, the symbol of the great flow of Life Itself. The river begins at Source, and returns to Source, unerringly. This happens every single time, without exception. We are no different. ↗

— Jeffrey R. Anderson

#flow #nature #river #source #the-flow-of-life

Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world's great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters. ↗

— Norman Maclean

#river #time #water #words #water

TWENTY bridges from Tower to Kew - Wanted to know what the River knew, Twenty Bridges or twenty-two, For they were young, and the Thames was old And this is the tale that River told: ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#river #thames #london

Tree roots hold river banks together and stop the wind blowing soil away, there are many creatures that live in woods and they provide a sense of well-being and look nice. ↗

— Clive Anderson

#banks #blowing #creatures #hold #live

Between flattery and admiration there often flows a river of contempt. ↗

— Minna Antrim

#between #contempt #flattery #flows #often

I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet. ↗

— Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

#always #cabinet #change #different #driver

People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team - make-up, costume and a driver - but usually, in a war zone, there's only me and the cameraman. ↗

— Kate Adie

#assume #back-up #cameraman #costume #driver