Quotes about Embankment

Standing there on the embankment, staring into the current, I realized that — in spite of all the risks involved — a thing in motion will always be better than a thing at rest; that change will always be a nobler thing than permanence; that that which is static will degenerate and decay, turn to ash, while that which is in motion is able to last for all eternity.

As the streets that lead from the Strand to the Embankment are very narrow, it is better not to walk down them arm-in-arm.