The quote from "The Dumas Club" by Arturo Pérez-Reverte paints a vivid metaphor of life as a landscape filled with banks and rivers, symbolizing the challenges and transitory nature of existence. It illustrates people—men and women—who navigate these challenges without considering the potential repercussions of their actions. They walk over bridges and fords, suggesting movement and passage, but do so carelessly, oblivious to both the immediate environment and the past that...