Famous quotes containing the words prevailing, westerly and/or flow:
“It is difficult to escape from the prevailing disease of one’s generation.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)
“The Westerly Wind asserting his sway from the south-west quarter is often like a monarch gone mad, driving forth with wild imprecations the most faithful of his courtiers to shipwreck, disaster, and death.”
—Joseph Conrad (1857–1924)
“The current of our thoughts made as sudden bends as the river, which was continually opening new prospects to the east or south, but we are aware that rivers flow most rapidly and shallowest at these points.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)