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The River at Night QUOTES

The River at Night QUOTES

1 " The world we know is dwarfed by the worlds we don't. Why not explore them all? Being out there in the wilderness, you have no idea what'll happen, really. It could be just you and this gorgeous night sky, or maybe you are surfing and some big ass wave comes at you, and if you don't ride that sucker, it'll put you under and have you for lunch, or you might turn a corner on a hike and there's some beautiful deer and her little fawn-- now that has meaning, all of those things, and I need more of that and less of trying to make money so I can pay bills to live in a way I just don't care about anymore. "

― Erica Ferencik , The River at Night

2 " What did the mountains care about our plan to climb them, rafting the waters that divided them? They had eternity before us, and eternity after us. We were nothing to them. "

― Erica Ferencik , The River at Night

3 " The fact is, I’m a middle-aged woman who should have middle-aged concerns, but I don’t. Fear feels quaint somehow. I just don’t have any these days. Now when I swim, I feel powerful and sleek and swift. I delight in my mass, in all that water I displace. I am this joyous creature plunging into my element: water. What difference does it make how old I am or what jeans I can fit into or how fast my roots come in? My aging body, my dull job. I mean, really, who cares? I’m "

― Erica Ferencik , The River at Night

4 " Through all this, my cat, Ziggy, snored on, all eighteen pounds of him slung across my feet like a sack of warm sand. As I slid out from under him, he gave me this look, a mix of How dare you and What the hell are you doing, it’s just past five and we usually sleep till at least six thirty. When I reached down to scratch his head, he gave my hand an uncharacteristic swat of his hefty paw, claws in evidence. I snapped my hand back and sat up, regarded him. Saw the lion in him clearly. "

― Erica Ferencik , The River at Night

5 " The view stunned me, and I gasped. I don't know why I was surprised to find such beauty. p. 74 "

― Erica Ferencik , The River at Night

6 " I’m dying of boredom tweeting about ankle support and bubble soles and how the right sneaker can make your life worth living.” “I spend my day making photos of flank steak look juicy.” “So you know, then, what we’re up against. "

― Erica Ferencik , The River at Night

7 " one last latte.” Sandra did her best to hold on to NPR, but we lost even that around Lewiston. "

― Erica Ferencik , The River at Night

8 " I’d learned through experience that kids don’t think it’s cute or even interesting—who can blame them?—that you happen to be a dinosaur. It frankly scores you no points at all. I "

― Erica Ferencik , The River at Night

9 " The world we know is dwarfed by the worlds we don’t. Why not explore them all? "

― Erica Ferencik , The River at Night

10 " We steer into the rapids, not away from them, and that's going to feel weird, but that's how we get through them. "

― Erica Ferencik , The River at Night

11 " it. We hold on forever, choking the life out of the thing we must have. My terror of being alone had one result: I was alone. "

― Erica Ferencik , The River at Night