Rivers

“We sit and talk,
quietly, with long lapses of silence
and I am aware of the stream
that has no language, coursing
beneath the quiet heaven of
your eyes
which has no speech”
― William Carlos Williams, Paterson

“Listen up - there's no war that will end all wars.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.”
― Mark Twain

“Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.”
― Mark Twain