Enjoy the best quotes on Mississippi river , Explore, save & share top quotes on Mississippi river .
“Toulouse Street ran one way toward the Mississippi River. Jackson looked over [Imogene's] head into one of those famous New Orleans courtyards, full of lush foliage, mossy brick, secrets, and wonder.”
Hunter Murphy“The river breeze washed over him. He saw the magnificent views of the city and the bridge connecting Algiers Point to New Orleans. He marveled at the crescent shape of New Orleans as the ferry traveled nearly parallel to the curve in the Mississippi River.”
Hunter Murphy, Imogene in New Orleans“I wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right.”
Maya Angelou“Time is like the Mississippi River. It only flows in one direction. You can never go back.”
Suzanne Woods Fisher, The Keeper: A Novel“When I visited the Water Institute's Baton Rouge offices overlooking the Mississippi River, I couldn't find a drop of the charged politics that drives so many environmental conversations in Washington.”
Nina Easton“Ya got cigarettes?” she asks. “Yes,” I say,“I got cigarettes.” “Matches?” she asks.“Enough to burn Rome.” “Whiskey?”“Enough whiskey for a Mississippi River of pain.” “You drunk?” “Not yet.”
Charles Bukowski“Thinking about our schooling in different decades and parts of the country, all three of us in that kitchen discover that we were taught more about ancient Greece and Rome than about the history of the land we live on. We learned about the pyramid builders of Egypt but not the pyramid builders of the Mississippi River.”
Gloria Steinem, My Life on the Road