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“I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life was made up of, you know, in the morning going to the river to fetch water - no tap water, and no electricity - and, you know, bathing in the river, and then going to school, and playing soccer afterwards.”

Knows Made School Water Simple Morning Grew Grew Up Rivers Towns Soccer Happy Life Electricity Small Town Bathing Fetch Playing Soccer Tap Water

Author:Ishmael Beah

“Dwelling beside a body of water is tonic for the weary psyche. Sea smells, sea birds, seawrack, sands - alternately cool, warm, moist and dry - a taste of brine and the presence of the rocking, slopping bluegraygreen spit-flecked waters, has the effect of rinsing the emotions, bathing the outlook, bleaching the conscience.”

Body Water Emotion Sea Effects Taste Bird Conscience Warm Smell Dry Sand Weary Outlook Dwelling Spit Bathing Bodies Of Water Sea Birds Bleaching

Book:Isle of the Dead ; Eye of Cat

Source: Isle of the Dead ; Eye of Cat

“Reading Proust is like bathing in someone else's dirty water.”

Art Reading Water Entertainment Dirty Bathing Proust Dirty Water

Author:Alexander Woollcott

“I often think I am a better person because I lived for many years of my life with a flashlight. I have developed skills I did not think were possible - bathing with a cup of water by candlelight, for instance, and writing a story with a headlamp on.”

Thinking Writing Years Persons Stories Water Skills Instance Cups Better Person Bathing Flashlights Candlelight

Author:Janine di Giovanni