River Common

Famous quotes containing the words river and/or common:

“The murmurs of many a famous river on the other side of the globe reach even to us here, as to more distant dwellers on its banks; many a poet’s stream, floating the helms and shields of heroes on its bosom.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“the true nature of poetry. The drive
to connect. The dream of a common language.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)