Flood Quotes
Gary Snyder (2010). “The Practice of the Wild”, p.14, Counterpoint Press
Floods are 'acts of God,' but flood losses are largely acts of man.
Gilbert F. White (1986). “Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White”, p.12, University of Chicago Press
William Shakespeare (2016). “All's Well That Ends Well”, Simon and Schuster
A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.99, Egmont UK
Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.522
The rope that pulls you from the flood can become a noose around your neck.
Khaled Hosseini (2013). “And the Mountains Echoed”, p.302, A&C Black
Victor Hugo (19??). “Poems. The history of a crime”
Stillborn silence! thou that art Flood-gate of the deeper heart!
'Miscellania' (1653)
Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.
Poor Richard's Almanack, Oct. 1735
When the flood cometh it sweepeth away grain as well as chaff.
Howard Pyle (2015). “The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood”, p.29, Booklassic
If the wind rises it can push us against the flood when it comes.
Ernest Hemingway (2014). “Islands in the Stream: A Novel”, p.425, Simon and Schuster