#river

He built up a situation that was far enough from the truth. It never occurred to him that Helen was to blame. He forgot the intensity of their talk, the charm that had been lent him by sincerity, the magic of Oniton under darkness and of the whispering river. Helen loved the absolute. Leonard had been ruined absolutely, and had appeared to her as a man apart, isolated from the world. A real man, who cared for adventure and beauty, who desired to live decently and pay his way, who could have travelled more gloriously through life than the Juggernaut car that was crushing him. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#intensity #misunderstanding #river #ruination #water

The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you. ↗

— John Lennon

#cab #cab driver #driver #everyone #handshake

The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver. ↗

— Jay Leno

#designated #designated driver #driver #each #reason

I do get a fair amount of scripts; I got 'Frozen River' kinda just that way. I have a hard time turning my back on anybody who says they have something for me. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#anybody #back #fair #frozen #get

Ideas, like large rivers, never have just one source. ↗

— Willy Ley

#just #just one #large #like #never

You've never seen Manhattan 'til you've flown right up the East River. It's beautiful. ↗

— Cory Lidle

#east #flown #manhattan #never #right

A man needs to be polite, not just to me but to everyone. I watch that. How does he treat the waiter? How does he treat the coat-check girl? How does he treat the driver? ↗

— Adriana Lima

#driver #everyone #girl #how #i

I have been overcome by the beauty and richness of our life together, those early mornings setting out, those evenings gleaming with rivers and lakes below us, still holding the last light. ↗

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

#been #below #early #early mornings #evenings

I think that anybody's craft is fascinating. A taxi driver talking about taxi driving is going to be very, very interesting. ↗

— James Lipton

#anybody #craft #driver #driving #fascinating

In valley drift we meet commonly with the bones of quadrupeds which graze on plains bordering rivers. ↗

— Charles Lyell

#bordering #commonly #drift #graze #meet