Secret River Quotes

#1. 'The Secret River' began because, at the age of 50, I suddenly realised I knew nothing about how my own family had got its foothold in Australia.

Kate Grenville

#2. Haven't you ever harbored the secret thought that somewhere Huck and Jim are - at this instant - poling their raft down some river just beyond our reach, so much more real are they than the shoe clerk who fitted us just a forgotten day ago?

Dan Simmons

#3. Christian, Jew, Muslim, shaman, Zoroastrian, stone, ground, mountain, river, each has a secret way of being with the mystery, unique and not to be judged

Rumi

#4. Three men can keep a secret only once two of them are at the bottom of the river.

Django Wexler

#5. As Matt walked Rick outside, he whispered, "Don't forget my little secret." He wiggled his eyebrows. "A happy wife. A happy life. Got it?"
Rick nodded. "Got it.

Linda Weaver Clarke

#6. The secret is in absolutely refusing to let the river beat you down. If I had to, I'd measure my progress in inches. One more inch I've swum - one less inch to swim. Once you know the secret, then nobody's river can bring you down.

Bette Greene

#7. I've wanted to make movies for so long. I learned most of what I know from director commentaries and behind the scenes featurettes and criterions.

Todd Strauss-Schulson

#8. I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.

Brian Andreas

#9. Why would you ever premedicate honesty? To hesitate is to overthink how you feel. A blurted out answer is usually the most genuine.

Shannon L. Alder

#10. Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest - then we can all die laughing.

Lily Tomlin

#11. Multiply that scenario by one hundred or one thousand books a year. Using permission, Amazon can fundamentally reconfigure the entire book industry, disintermediating and combining every step of the chain until there are only two: the writer and Amazon.

Seth Godin

#12. I was running on the earth,
Slashing primeval winds.
I was running in the world,
Riddled with darkness.

Keishi Ando