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Iron may break gold, but water remains whole.

—Ge Hong, c. 300

These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.

—Claude Monet, 1908

Water, thou hast no taste, no color, no odor; canst not be defined, art relished while ever mysterious.

—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1939

To gaze upon a drop of water is to behold the nature of all the waters of the universe.

—Huangbo Xiyun, c. 850

When you drink water, think of its source.

—Chinese proverb

Every memory everyone has ever had will eventually be underwater.

—Anthony Doerr, 2006

He who would have clear water should go to the fountainhead.

—Italian proverb

The mill will never grind with water that is past.

—Daniel McCallum, 1870

It is wretched business to be digging a well just as you’re dying of thirst.

—Plautus, c. 193 BC

Water is the readiest means of making friends with nature.

—Ludwig Feuerbach, 1841

I ride rough waters and shall sink with no one to save me.

—Virginia Woolf, 1931

All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

—Toni Morrison, 1987

There’s folks ’ud hold a sieve under the pump and expect to carry away the water.

—George Eliot, 1859