Quotes for All
Lord Maccon, being Lord Maccon and good at such things, then changed, right there in the Thames, from dog-paddling wolf to large man treading water. He did so flawlessly, so that his head never went under the water. Professor Lyall suspected him of practicing such maneuvers in the bathtub. Gail Carriger
Below us the Thames grew lighter, and all around below were the shadows – the dark shadows of buildings and bridges that formed the base of this dreadful masterpiece. Ernie Pyle
Someday when peace has returned to this odd world I want to come to London again and stand on a certain balcony on a moonlit night and look down upon the peaceful silver curve of the Thames with its dark bridges. Ernie Pyle
If you go to London now, not everything is beautiful, but it’s amazingly better than it was. And the Thames is certainly a lot better: There are fish in the Thames. Freeman Dyson
Kinship among nations is not determined in such measurements as proximity of size and age. Rather we should turn to those inner things – call them what you will – I mean those intangibles that are the real treasures free men possess. To preserve his freedom of worship, his equality before law, his liberty to … Read more
I’ve just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired. David Walliams
The Thames was all gold. God it was beautiful, so fine that I began working a frenzy, following the sun and its reflections on the water. Claude Monet
I long ago suggested the hypothesis, that in the basin of the Thames there are indications of a meeting in the Pleistocene period of a northern and southern fauna. Charles Lyell
No, the last thing she cared about was whether people were staring at the boy and girl kissing by the river, as London, it’s cities and towers and churches and bridges and streets, circled all about them like the memory of a dream. And if the Thames that ran beside them, sure and silver in … Read more
Trains are great dirty smoky things, said Will. You won’t like it. Tessa was unmoved. I won’t know if I like it until I try it, will I? I’ve never swum naked in the Thames before, but I know I wouldn’t like it. But think how entertaining for sightseers, said Tessa, and she saw Jem … Read more