When you drink water, think of its source.
—Chinese proverbQuotes
I drink for the thirst to come.
—François Rabelais, 1535Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain there would be no life.
—John Updike, 1989The history of the land has been written very largely in water.
—John Hodgdon Bradley Jr., 1935Far water cannot quench near fire.
—Japanese proverbThousands have lived without love, not one without water.
—W.H. Auden, 1957The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, / And drinks, and gapes for drink again.
—Abraham Cowley, 1656Greeting cards routinely tell us everybody deserves love. No. Everybody deserves clean water.
—Zadie Smith, 2000All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
—Toni Morrison, 1987Till taught by pain, / Men really know not what good water’s worth.
—Lord Byron, 1819These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
—Claude Monet, 1908What water gives, water takes away.
—Portuguese proverbIron may break gold, but water remains whole.
—Ge Hong, c. 300