crocodiles QUOTES

1 " I am she who lifts the mountains
When she goes to hunt,
Who wears mamba for a headband
And a lion for a belt.
Beware!
I swallow elephants whole
And pick my teeth with rhinoceros horns,
I drink up rivers to get at the hippos.
Let them hear my words!
Nhamo is coming
And her hunger is great.

I am she who tosses trees
Instead of spears.
The ostrich is my pillow
And the elephant is my footstool!
I am Nhamo
Who makes the river my highway
And sends crocodiles scurrying into the reeds! "

― Nancy Farmer , A Girl Named Disaster

2 " I think I’ll give the Cage of Death a miss too,” I said. Crocodiles were fascinating creatures, like living dinosaurs, but they could do their living over there somewhere, far away from me. "

― Renee Conoulty , Don't Mean a Thing (Got That Swing, #1)

3 " The crocodiles that frighten from crossing the rivers of our destinies are easily drowned with personal confidence but not team courage. It means you owe it to yourself to defeat your own crocodiles and cross over to the other side! "

― Israelmore Ayivor , Daily Drive 365

4 " Are writers the torchbearers of humanity? It’s a romantic idea, but it’s complete rubbish. We writers are the crocodiles in the river. "

― Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen , The Rabbit Back Literature Society

5 " Where's your home, then?" asked the Snork Maiden." Nowhere" said Snufkin a little sadly, " or everywhere. It depends on how you look at it." " Haven't you got a mother?" asked Moomintroll, looking very sorry for him." I don't know," said Snufkin. " They tell me I was found in a basket." " Like Moses," said Sniff." I like the story about Moses," said the Snork. " But I think his mother could have found a better way of saving him, don't you? The crocodiles might have eaten him up." " They nearly ate us up," said Sniff. "

6 " The Everglades was the only place on earth where alligators (broad snout, fresh water, darker skin) and crocodiles (pointy snout, salt water, toothy grin) lived side by side. It was the only home of the Everglades mink, Okeechobee gourd, and Big Cypress fox squirrel. It had carnivorous plants, amphibious birds, oysters that grew on trees, cacti that grew in water, lizards that changed colors, and fish that changed genders. It had 1,100 species of trees and plants, 350 birds, and 52 varieties of porcelain-smooth, candy-striped tree snails. It had bottlenose dolphins, marsh rabbits, ghost orchids, moray eels, bald eagles, and countless other species that didn't seem to belong on the same continent, much less in the same ecosystem. "

― , The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise

7 " On your track to success, never forget that you are crossing many rivers. Yes you are! And each of those rivers contain crocodiles that may attempt to intimidate you. Never be afraid; sail on and you will get there. "

― Israelmore Ayivor

8 " Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm. "

9 " Why should human females become sterile in their forties while female crocodiles continue to lay eggs into their third century? "

10 " Working with crocodiles is always amazing because they're beautiful. They're modern day dinosaurs, which is really cool. "

11 " If we choose to walk into a forest where a tiger lives, we are taking a chance. If we swim in a river where crocodiles live, we are taking a chance. If we visit the desert or climb a mountain or enter a swamp where snakes have managed to survive, we are taking a chance. "