She fell in love with the cataract and turned to it as a confidant, not because of its beauty or power, but because it seemed to tell her a story which she longed to understand.


Esther Dudley's reaction to Niagara Falls, in Ch. IX - Esther: A Novel (1884)

Henry Adams Quotes

She fell in love with the cataract and turned to it as a confidant, not because of its beauty or power, but because it seemed to tell her a story...

She fell in love with the cataract and turned to it as a confidant, not because of its beauty or power, but because it seemed to tell her a story...

She fell in love with the cataract and turned to it as a confidant, not because of its beauty or power, but because it seemed to tell her a story...

She fell in love with the cataract and turned to it as a confidant, not because of its beauty or power, but because it seemed to tell her a story...