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“One who journeying Along a way he knows not, having crossed A place of drear extent, before him sees A river rushing swiftly toward the deep, And all its tossing current white with foam, And stops and turns, and measures back his way.”

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Book:The Iliad of Homer

Source: The Iliad of Homer

“People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.”

“People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something.”

“If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.”

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Author:Enoch Powell

“If I'm an advocate for anything, it's to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. The extent to which you can walk in someone else's shoes or at least eat their food, it's a plus for everybody. Open your mind, get up off the couch, move.”

Ifs Mind Moving Walks Travel Ocean Rivers Shoes Get Up Plus Couches Kitchen Confidential Food Culture No Reservations

Author:Anthony Bourdain

“You know it's only 50 miles from Grand River to Canton, but it took me 67 years to travel that distance.”

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Author:Don Shula

“So it allows me to travel, I'll be doing that and running these great rivers and doing what I've done in the past without much purpose other than for the experience.”

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Author:Richard Dean Anderson

“The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. The mountain teaches stability and grandeur; the ocean immensity and change. Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes, - every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. Even the bee and ant have brought their little lessons of industry and economy.”

“The wilderness does not make you forget your normal life so much as it removes the distractions for proper remembering.”

Inspirational Doe Remember Forget Sea Travel Normal Rivers Fishes Boat Lakes Remove Fishing Wilderness Distraction Forget You Normal Life

Book:The Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand

Source: The Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand

“The perfect journey is never finished, the goal is always just across the next river, round the shoulder of the next mountain. There is always one more track to follow, one more mirage to explore.”

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Book:From Red Sea to Blue Nile: a thousand miles of Ethiopia

Source: From Red Sea to Blue Nile: a thousand miles of Ethiopia

“I have not been on any river that has more of a distinctive personality than does the Missouri River. It's a river that immediately presents to the traveler, 'I am a grandfather spirit. I have a source; I have a life.”

Doe Spirit Source Personality Travel Rivers Grandfather Traveler Distinctive Missouri

Author:William Least Heat-Moon