“The days had been no less brutal then, nor was the living easier or less dangerous, but the land had had a great air of mystery about it and a purity which was now gone.” AfricaChanging TimesChanging WorldLost World Book:From Whence The Rivers Run Source: From Whence The Rivers Run
“Idalina loved the river. It was the only constant thing she knew of, except for the high mountains. People lived and died and during their lives they altered the landscape with their houses and roads. Trees were planted and cut down. The herds came and went. Yet the river flowed still as it had flowed when she was a girl and when her mother and grandmother had been girls before her and through each generation to the beginning of time.” NatureRiverConstancyUnchangingChanging World Book:From Whence The Rivers Run Source: From Whence The Rivers Run