“What does a river like the Vistula carry away with it? Everything that goes to pieces: wood, glass, pencils, pacts ... chairs, bones, and sunsets too. What had long been forgotten rose to memory, floating on its back or stomach, with the help of the Vistula.” LongDoeHelpingMemoriesPiecesRiversRoseForgottenGlassesWoodsBonesSunsetChairsStomachFloatingPencilsPact Author:Gunter Grass
“The Knight in the triumph of his heart made several 6 reflections on thegreatness of the British Nation; as, that one Englishman could beat three Frenchmen; that we could never be in danger of Popery so long as we took care of our fleet; that theThames was thenoblest river in Europe; that London Bridge was a greater piece of work than any of the Seven Wonders of the World; with many other honest prejudices which naturally cleave to the heart of a true Englishman.” WorldHeartLongMadeCareThreeNationsWonderGreaterPiecesHonestDangerBeatsReflectionEuropeRiversPrejudiceSevenBritishLondonTriumphBridgesKnightsEnglishmenFrenchmenWonder Of The World Author:Joseph Addison
“The natives are very exact and punctual in the bounds of their lands, belonging to this or that prince or people, even to a river, brook, &c. And I have known them make bargain and sale amongst themselves for a small piece or quantity of ground; notwithstanding a sinful opinion amongst many, that christians have right to heathen's lands.” PeopleChristianKnownOpinionPiecesLandRiversBoundsBelongingQuantityBargainsBrooksHeathenPunctualSmall Pieces Author:Roger Williams
“Not one piece of evidence has ever been found to support the Book of Mormon-not a trace of the large cities it names, no ruins, no coins, no letters or documents or monuments, nothing in writing. Not even one of the rivers or mountains or any of the topography it mentions has ever been identified.” WritingBookFoundNamesCitiesSupportPiecesMountainEvidenceRiversLettersRuinsDocumentsCoinsMonumentOne PieceLarge CitiesTopography Author:Dave Hunt
“And connected I had been. When the fish changed directions, I felt it. when it slowed or sped up, I felt that too. It's such a raw thing, this shared existence with a piece of bucking biomass.” FeltExistencePiecesSeaChangedRiversFishesConnectedBoatLakesFishingSpedBiomass Author:Jessica Maxwell
“Don't talk anybody, don't come near! Can't you see the fish might hear? He thinks I'm playing with a piece of string; He thinks I'm another sort of funny thing, But he doesn't know I'm fishing - He doesn't know I'm fishing. That's what I'm doing - Fishing.” ThinkingKnowsMightPiecesSeaRiversFishesBoatLakesFishingStringsFunny Things Book:Now We Are Six Source: Now We Are Six
“Flyfishing, which has a vaguely mystical aura, is a lot like work. I'm a frenetic flyfisherman. I wade up and down streams, looking for good spots, usually falling and breaking some piece of equipment. Or I stand still and work myself into a frenzy about what fly I should use. I love fishing, but it has never given me a moments peace.” ShouldStillsMomentsUseFallGivenPiecesSeaRiversFishesBoatSpotsStreamsLakesFishingMysticalEquipmentUp And DownAurasFrenzyWade Author:James P. Gorman
“The river is of the earth and it is free. It is rigorously embanked and bound, and yet it is free. To hell with restraint, it says, I have got to be going. It will grind out its dams. It will go over or around them. They will become pieces.” EarthHellPiecesSeaRiversBoundsFishesBoatLakesFishingRestraintGrindDams Book:Leavings: Poems Source: Leavings: Poems
“But there are still many who continue to marvel at the wisdom of God in so planning the universe that big rivers run by great towns, and that death comes at the end of life instead of in the middle of it. Divest pleas ... of their semi-philosophic jargon, reduce his illustrations to homely similes, and he is marvelling at the wisdom of God who so planned things that the two extremities of a piece of wood should come at the ends instead of in the middle.” ShouldStillsTwoEndsBigsRunningUniversePiecesAtheismMiddleRiversTownsWoodsPlanningSimileIllustrationEnd Of LifeJargonPhilosophicExtremityHomely Author:Chapman Cohen