Iron may break gold, but water remains whole.
—Ge Hong, c. 300Quotes
These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
—Claude Monet, 1908Water, thou hast no taste, no color, no odor; canst not be defined, art relished while ever mysterious.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1939To gaze upon a drop of water is to behold the nature of all the waters of the universe.
—Huangbo Xiyun, c. 850When you drink water, think of its source.
—Chinese proverbEvery memory everyone has ever had will eventually be underwater.
—Anthony Doerr, 2006He who would have clear water should go to the fountainhead.
—Italian proverbThe mill will never grind with water that is past.
—Daniel McCallum, 1870It is wretched business to be digging a well just as you’re dying of thirst.
—Plautus, c. 193 BCWater is the readiest means of making friends with nature.
—Ludwig Feuerbach, 1841I ride rough waters and shall sink with no one to save me.
—Virginia Woolf, 1931All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.
—Toni Morrison, 1987There’s folks ’ud hold a sieve under the pump and expect to carry away the water.
—George Eliot, 1859