The danger isn't the river's speed, friend, but its slowness.
Kazuo Ishiguro in Der begrabene RieseTyler… you drown not by falling into the river, but by staying submerged in it.
Extraction - 2Rivers do not drink their own water. Trees do not eat their own fruit. And clouds do not swallow their own rain. What great ones have is always for the benefit of others.
Bäume, WolkenDays Gone, von RikkiEvery river reaches the ocean in its own way.
Ivern, der Hüter der Haine in League of LegendsThe meaning of the river flowing is not that all things are changing so that we cannot encounter them twice, but that some things stay the same only by changing.
Call Me By Your Name, von OliverEin Fluss entsteht Tropfen für Tropfen.
A river is made drop by drop.
KleinigkeitenPete Buttigieg, Shortest Way HomeWer seine Zeit zum Leben nach hinten schiebt ist wie der, der wartet bis der Fluss aufhört zu fließen, um ihn zu durchqueren.
He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses.
GenießenHorazLeben und Tod sind eins, wie auch der Fluss und das Meer eins sind.
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one.
Leben, TodKahlil GibranNie schwimmt man zwei mal im selben Fluss
Das mag ich gern, denn ein jeder weiß
Die Flüsse sind nie wie sie einmal waren
Wir Menschen, denk ich, wir sind nicht so, egal wie hoch der Preis
What I love most about rivers is
You can't step in the same river twice
The water's always changing, always flowing
But people, I guess, can't live like that