#river

And loving a new person might even eventually dull the pain of having lost the people you have loved before, even if it didn't happen as quickly as you wanted it to. (p 99) ↗

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

#love #once-upon-a-river #love

I can’t believe how much this place has grown,” Hazel muttered. The taxi driver grinned in the rearview mirror. “Been a long time since you visited, miss?” “About seventy years,” Hazel said. The driver slid the glass partition closed and drove on in silence. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#humor #percy-jackson-and-the-olympians #taxi-driver #the-heroes-of-olympus #the-son-of-neptune

We threw ourselves at that wild river every day and most days it tossed us all harmlessly skyward like well-loved children. After a while that does something to you. ↗

— Jo Deurbrouck

#adventure-stories #adventure-travel #rivers #love

Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. ↗

— Mark Twain

#egypt #just #river

Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off. ↗

— William Davenant

#bred #broadest #fame #like #narrowest

George Foreman. A miracle. A mystery to myself. Who am I? The mirror says back. The George you was always meant to be. Wasn't always like that. Used to look in the mirror and cried a river. ↗

— George Foreman

#am #back #cried #foreman #george

Well, it seems all the fish in the rivers are dying. Could this be an act of cod? ↗

— Colin Mochrie

#could #dying #fish #rivers #seems

A few hours' ride brought us to the banks of the river Kansas. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#brought #few #hours #kansas #ride

It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn't feel like obeying his demand. I was quite tired after spending a full day working. ↗

— Rosa Parks

#day #demand #driver #feel #full

I'm very self-conscious having my picture taken, so I clown around. My driver's license photo looks like a blonde Elvis. ↗

— Emily Procter

#blonde #clown #driver #elvis #having