White River Flows

Famous quotes containing the words white, river and/or flows:

    “The birch begins to crack its outer sheath
    Of baby green and show the white beneath....”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

    “My favorite figure of the American author is that of a man who breeds a favorite dog, which he throws into the Mississippi River for the pleasure of making a splash. The river does not splash, but it drowns the dog.”
    —Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)

    “To be an editor, as I was.
    Then to lie here close by the river over the place
    Where the sewage flows from the village,
    And the empty cans and garbage are dumped,
    And abortions are hidden.”
    —Edgar Lee Masters (1869–1950)