Karen Peck and New River

Famous quotes containing the words peck and/or river:

“Big chickens do not peck at small grains.”
—Chinese proverb.

“Sitting in that dusky wilderness, under that dark mountain, by the bright river which was full of reflected light, still I heard the wood thrush sing, as if no higher civilization could be attained. By this time the night was upon us.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)