The Big Two Hearted River Quotes & Sayings

As I travel through life, I gather experiences that lie imprinted on the deepest strata of memory, and there they ferment, are transformed, and sometimes rise to the surface and sprout like strange plants from other worlds. What is the fertile humus of the subconscious composed of? Why are certain images converted into recurrent themes in nightmares or writing? — Isabel Allende

For members of a traditional society where many traditions have been discredited, an interest in modernity can result in a restless sophistication. Mehmet Ertegun seems not to have been a restless man. — George W. S. Trow

We are either going to have a future where women lead the way to make peace with the Earth or we are not going to have a human future at all. — Vandana Shiva

There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time. — Sophie Swetchine

Grace enters the soul where love lies serene. — Jay Woodman

I called my business manager in California and said, 'Sell all of my stock' - what little of it I had - and it's the only smart financial move I ever made. — Lauren Bacall

I continue pondering this great mystery called love. Who'd have thought that something you can't see, hear or touch, much less even define, could rule your life so completely? — Brenna Aubrey

Devil, you've got me all in a whirl. I'm wise to your game. — Neil Sedaka

There was a trout. — Ernest Hemingway,

It is true there is a scent in the desert, though there may be no flower or tree or blade of grass within miles. It is the essence of the untrodden, untarnished earth herself! — Rosita Forbes

I looked at you ... saw your goodness, your hope, and your faith. Those are what make you beautiful. So, so beautiful. — Richelle Mead

Iran is not getting rid of any of its nuclear plants. They're not getting rid of anything. — Donald Trump

Communism has been the greatest and bloodiest illusion that humanity ever bore — Gianfranco Fini

We have in America "The Big Two-Hearted River" tradition: taking your wounds to the wilderness for a cure, a conversation, a rest, whatever. And as is in the Hemingway story, if your wounds aren't too bad, it works. But this isn't Michigan (or Faulkner's Big Woods in Mississippi for that matter). This is Alaska. — Edward Hoagland

Important is where you going to, not where you coming from — Rishi