White River

Famous quotes containing the words white and/or river:

“One revelation has been made to the Indian, another to the white man.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“My favorite figure of the American author is that of a man who breeds a favorite dog, which he throws into the Mississippi River for the pleasure of making a splash. The river does not splash, but it drowns the dog.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)