

“the river was a place of mystery and myth, of freedom and solitude, where one couldn’t help but feel like an orphan in a different world, belonging to everything and nothing all at once.”
― Dead River
― Dead River

“The river speaks a language, something one isn’t born knowing but has to learn. I learned it from my dad. Some of it is wisdom, some of it skill. Some of it is the quirks and tendencies of a natural beast—the ebb and flow, the up and down, the flood draining down to a trickle. It’s all part of the river’s story, which it’s always willing to tell.”
― Dead River
― Dead River
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