The existence of hills, mountains, quicksands and marshes made internal communication and conquest extremely difficult. Hills, mountains, quicksands and marshes made internal communication and agriculture difficult. The existence of hills, mountains, quicksands and marshes made internal communication and agriculture difficult. The existence of hills, mountains, quicksands and marshes made agriculture and internal communication difficult. Quicksands exist at some of the fords and there is perennial water in both defiles. In "Quicksands" the keynote is ambition and other "sins which do so easily beset". Another difficulty arose from the quicksands beneath the foundations. Bedford's final work was "Quicksands," a memoir published in 2005. According to "Quicksands", Bedford's biography, Lord was an alcoholic. Now aged significantly, Iranon wanders into the quicksands to his death. "Autumn Fire" (March 1926), "Distinguished Villa" (May 1926), and "Quicksands of Youth" (July 1926). Though the river is easy to cross, dangerous quicksands exist in some places. Social Quicksands is a 1918 American silent comedy-drama film, directed by Charles Brabin.