The Whisper of the River Quotes

“Of a sudden he felt that fraternity life was the only way to exist at college. How could he have doubted? (126)”
― Ferrol Sams, The Whisper of the River

“I haven't learned yet to be the instrument of unconscious good.”
― Ferrol Sams, The Whisper of the River

“It didn't amount to a fart in a windstorm, nohow.”
― Ferrol Sams, The Whisper of the River

“Even older and just as rich, the ritual of Kappa Alpha Order thrilled his soul and permeated his mind. By the end of the ceremony he was so awed, so filled with idealism, so saturated with nebulous aspirations, that he gazed with love on all his brothers…He floated down the stairs of the old Administration Building that night new born and shining, warm and secure in the midst of a group that no outside force could penetrate nor unsuspected evil ever tarnish. Porter was a Knight of Kappa Alpha Order (193)”
― Ferrol Sams, The Whisper of the River

“...went into convulsions of pleasure at the sight of him.”
― Ferrol Sams, The Whisper of the River

“If she hears anything, it's tambourines, and nobody can march to them. You can't do anything but dance to tambourines, and the likes of us will never catch the rhythm.”
― Ferrol Sams, The Whisper of the River