Alluvial Quotes

#1. On rock, in gravel, and alluvial mud, under the bright sky of

Charles Dickens

#2. The Tigris is so fierce and rapid, and swallows its alluvial banks so greedily, that it is probable that some of the buildings described by the Hebrew traveller Benjamin of Tudela as existing in the twelfth century were long since carried away.

Isabella Bird

#3. A true friend of mankind whose heart has but once quivered in compassion over the sufferings of the people, will understand and forgive all the impassable alluvial filth in which they are submerged, and will be able to discover the diamonds in the filth.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

#4. these days of exotic splendour may stand out
in each lifetime like marble
mileposts in an alluvial land

W. H. Auden

#5. The novel is a hybrid genre and a large part of its charm arises from the alluvial nature of its materials. There is nothing that doesn't suit a novelist in action, when he's in the course of writing his novel.

Enrique Vila-Matas

#6. The white spruce forest along the banks is most inspiring, magnificent here. Down the terraced slopes and right to the water's edge on the alluvial soil it stands in ranks.

Ernest Thompson Seton

#7. Virtues are the internal qualities that allow us to be our best selves and enable us to lead complete and fulfilling lives.

Jonathan V. Last

#8. His English was exceptional. There was a glottal sound in his voice, but it was not harsh. I'd often asked him to help me with my sparse Arabic, trying to get my pronunciation of this or that word right. "Shukran." "Afwan." "Qumbula." Thank you. You're welcome. Bomb.

Kevin Powers

#9. Remembering the past is like watching a Hollywood movie, in that you never see the characters go to the toilet.

Steve Toltz

#10. I can get motivated seeing a kid at my son's school overcome a learning disability.

Jason Alexander

#11. You stole his truck?"
"Borrowed," Prophet corrected. "Remy thought of it when I took him home."
"Did you just blame a fifteen-year-old kid for why you stole - "
" - borrowed - "
" - a truck?"
Prophet shrugged. "Little bit.

S.E. Jakes

#12. It was a scandal when I did French 'Playboy' in 2008, though I was never actually nude in it. I think it's really funny that I'll have a cover of 'Playboy' to show my grandkids.

Lily Cole

#13. Time is your most precious commodity and yet most of us live our lives as if we have all the time in the world.

Robin Sharma