River Water

Famous quotes containing the words river water, river and/or water:

    “River water does not intrude into well water, but each minds its own business.”
    —Chinese proverb.

    “There are knives that glitter like altars
    In a dark church
    Where they bring the cripple and the imbecile
    To be healed.

    There’s a woden block where bones are broken,
    Scraped clean—a river dried to its bed”
    —Charles Simic (b. 1938)

    “The water which supports a boat can also sink it.”
    —Chinese proverb.