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«Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.»
«Creativity arises out of the tension between spontaneity and limitations, the latter (like the river banks) forcing the spontaneity into the various forms which are essential to the work of art or poem.»
«Even the upper end of the riverbelieves in the ocean.»
«How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on»
«Follow the river and you will find the sea»
Author: French Proverb | Keywords: river, sea, The River, The Sea
«For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one»
«A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than its fill from a river»
Author: Chinese Proverbs | Keywords: bird, branch, mouse, river, roost
«Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death.»
«Don't you know my name yet? That's the only answer. Tell me, who are you alone, yourself and nameless? But you are young and I am old. Eldest, that's what I am. Mark my words, my friends: Tom was here before the river and the trees; Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn. He made paths before the Big People, and saw the little People arriving. He was here before the Kings and the graves and the Barrow-wights. When the Elves passed westward, Tom was here already, before the seas were bent. He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside.»
«Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.»

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