Famous quotes containing the words river and/or diversion:
“There is a great river this side of Stygia,”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Without [diversion] we would be in a state of weariness, and this weariness would spur us on to seek a more solid means of escaping from it. But diversion amuses us, and leads us unconsciously to death.”
—Blaise Pascal (1623–1662)