• To trace the history of a river . . . is to trace the history of the soul, the history of the mind descending and arising in the body.

    Gretel Ehrlich: To trace the history of a river . . . is to trace the history of the soul, the history of the mind descending and arising in the body.
    Gretel Ehrlich (1992). “Islands, the universe, home”, Penguin Group USA