#water

He built up a situation that was far enough from the truth. It never occurred to him that Helen was to blame. He forgot the intensity of their talk, the charm that had been lent him by sincerity, the magic of Oniton under darkness and of the whispering river. Helen loved the absolute. Leonard had been ruined absolutely, and had appeared to her as a man apart, isolated from the world. A real man, who cared for adventure and beauty, who desired to live decently and pay his way, who could have travelled more gloriously through life than the Juggernaut car that was crushing him. ↗

— E.M. Forster

#intensity #misunderstanding #river #ruination #water

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it. ↗

— John Lennon

#after #cupboard #get #gift #going

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#cat #diagram #embodied #fish #given

The press has met their Waterloo, and it's Obama. ↗

— Rush Limbaugh

#obama #press #their #waterloo

The environmental benefits of hydrogen are also outstanding. When used as an energy source, hydrogen produces no emissions besides water. Zero polluting emissions, an amazing advance over the current sources of energy that we use. ↗

— Dan Lipinski

#also #amazing #benefits #besides #current

I honestly think if I would've tied my suit and there wouldn't have been any water rushing through it, I think I could've gone at least a second faster. ↗

— Ryan Lochte

#been #could #faster #gone #honestly

My suit blew up into a parachute. All this water rushed in, there's air, water in there. I was freaking out. ↗

— Ryan Lochte

#blew #i #into #out #parachute

You can see how an increase in the water level would wipe out hundreds of thousands of people's homes. ↗

— Andrew Mitchell

#how #hundreds #increase #level #out

My mother served me wine and water from the time I was 3 years old. ↗

— Robert Mondavi

#me #mother #old #served #time

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