“Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.”
Source: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
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American writer and novelist 1955Related quotes
“A book read by a thousand different people is a thousand different books.”
Andrei Tarkovsky book Sculpting in Time
Source: Sculpting in Time (1986), p. 177
“Time flows away like the water in the river.”
Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher
Alan Parsons (1948) audio engineer, musician, and record producer from England
"Time", from the album The Turn Of A Friendly Card. (Written by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson.)
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Marina Tsvetaeva (1892–1941) Russian poet and writer
Есть книги настолько живые, но все боишься, что, пока не читал, она уже изменилась, как река — сменилась, пока жил — тоже жила, как река — шла и ушла. Никто дважды не вступал в ту же реку. А вступал ли кто дважды в ту же книгу?
Pushkin and Pugachev (1937)
“Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.”
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess
Source: Clockwork Princess
“Time was a face on the water, and like the great river before them, it did nothing but flow.”
Stephen King (1947) American author
Source: The Wind Through the Keyhole
Sheikh Hasina (1947) Prime Minister of Bangladesh
On an article of (7 April 2017). http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/friendship-is-a-flowing-river/article17854490.ece <br class="br">Context: I think that the friendship between Bangladesh and India is like a flowing river and full with generosity. This is the spirit of the people of the two neighbours. I think if our commitments are honest, we would be able to achieve many things that are beneficial to our people.
Langston Hughes (1902–1967) American writer and social activist
"The Negro Speaks of Rivers," from The Weary Blues (1926)