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Though it is 2500 feet high, the glacier flowed over its ground as a river flows over a boulder; and since it emerged from the icy sea as from a sepulcher it has been sorely beaten with storms; but from all those deadly, crushing, bitter experiences comes this delicate life and beauty, to teach us that what we in our faithless ignorance and fear call destruction is creation.

— John Muir, Wilderness Essays

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Cross the river by feeling for stones.

— Deng Xiaoping, Understanding China Today: An Exploration of Politics, Economics, Society, and International Relations

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Hydrogen selenide, I decided, was perhaps the worst smell in the world. But hydrogen telluride came close, was also a smell from hell. An up-to-date hell, I decided, would have not just rivers of fiery brimstone, but lakes of boiling selenium and tellurium, too.

— Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

Hydrogen selenide chemical Gas Smell worst Hell hydrogen telluride brimstone River Fiery odor lake

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Jumped in the river, what did I see? Black-eyed angels swam with me, a moonful of stars and astral cars, and all the figures I used to see.

— Thom Yorke, Pyramid Song (Amnesiac)

River Angels Stars astral Cars figures Visions

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It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on
But it don't snow here
It stays pretty green
I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
I wish I had a river
I could skate away on.

— Joni Mitchell, River

Joni Mitchell Love River

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Be like the flowing river,
Silent in the night.
Be not afraid of the dark.
If there are stars in the sky, reflect them back.
If there are clouds in the sky,
Remember, clouds, like the river, are water.
So, gladly reflect them too,
In your own tranquil depths

— Paulo Coelho, Like The Flowing River

Nature River Paulo Coelho Light Depth Reflection Contemplation

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A good river is nature's life work in song.

— Mark Helprin, Freddy and Fredericka

River Nature

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Life is a waterfall. We drink from the river.

— System Of A Down, Aerials (Toxicity)

— John Muir, Wilderness Essays

Cross the river by feeling for stones.

— Deng Xiaoping, Understanding China Today: An Exploration of Politics, Economics, Society, and International Relations

Hydrogen selenide, I decided, was perhaps the worst smell in the world. But hydrogen telluride came close, was also a smell from hell. An up-to-date hell, I decided, would have not just rivers of fiery brimstone, but lakes of boiling selenium and tellurium, too.

— Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood

Jumped in the river, what did I see? Black-eyed angels swam with me, a moonful of stars and astral cars, and all the figures I used to see.

— Thom Yorke, Pyramid Song (Amnesiac)

— Joni Mitchell, River

Be like the flowing river,
Silent in the night.
Be not afraid of the dark.
If there are stars in the sky, reflect them back.
If there are clouds in the sky,
Remember, clouds, like the river, are water.
So, gladly reflect them too,
In your own tranquil depths

— Paulo Coelho, Like The Flowing River

A good river is nature's life work in song.

— Mark Helprin, Freddy and Fredericka