River

Character Information

Background information about River can be found here.

Quotes

“Bible’s broken. Contradictions, false logistics - doesn’t make sense.”

[cryptically to Jayne] “Your toes are in the sand.”

“Jayne is a girl’s name.”

“The human body can be drained of blood in 8.6 seconds given adequate vacuuming systems.”

[trying to eat an 'ice-planet'] “My food is problematic.”

“[They] won’t stop. They’ll never stop. They’ll just keep coming, until they get back what you took. Two by two, hands of blue.… two by two, hands of blue.…”

“Also? I can kill you with my brain.”

“They weren’t cows inside. They were waiting to be, but they forgot. Now they see sky, and they remember what they are.”

“We’re lost. Lost in the woods.”

“They say the snow on the roof is too heavy. They say the ceiling will cave in. His brains are in terrible danger.”

“You’re afraid we’re going to run out of air. That we’ll die gasping. But we won’t. That’s not going to happen.”   [Book looks up at her, hopefully.]   “We’ll freeze to death first.”

“I get confused. I remember everything. I remember too much. And… some of it’s made up, and… some of it can’t be quantified, and… there’s secrets… and…”