“But this is what I know about people getting ready to walk of the edge of their own lives: they want someone to know how they got there. Maybe they want to know that when they dissolve into earth and water, that last fragment will be saved, held in some corner of someone's mind; or maybe all they want is a chance to dump it pulsing and bloody into someone else's hands, so it won't weigh them down on the journey. They want to leave their stories behind. No one in all the world knows that better than I do.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantMindStoriesHandsEarthLastsWaterChanceWalksBehindsKnow HowJourneyReadyEdgesCornersSavedBloodyFragmentsDump Author:Tana French
“The Way is basically perfect. It doesn't require perfecting. The Way has no form or sound. It's subtle and hard to perceive. It's like when you drink water: you know how hot or cold it is, but you can't tell others.” KnowsWayHardWisdomFormSoundWaterPerfectKnow HowColdDrinkPerfectionHotPerceiveSubtleDrink Water Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
“I know how to choke. Given even a splinter-thin opportunity to let my side down and destroy my own score, I will seize it. Not only does ice water not run through my veins, but what runs there has a boiling point lower than body temperature.” KnowsDoeBodyRunningOpportunityGivenSidesWaterMy OwnKnow HowDown AndGolfIceScoreVeinsTemperatureChokeBoilingSplintersBody TemperatureIce WaterBoiling Point Author:John Updike
“And I think that's important, to know how the water's gone over the dam before you start to describe it. It helps to have been over the dam yourself.” ThinkingKnowsHas BeensImportantHelpingWaterKnow HowGoneAdversityDams Author:Annie Proulx
“Marriage...one of the most civilized institutions in the world...But...swimming is one of the most wonderful of sports, and yet there are always some people who cannot swim who insist on going into the water and getting drowned. Many people spoil marriage in a like manner. One should be sure she knows how to be married before rushing into it.” PeopleKnowsWorldShouldSportsWaterKnow HowWonderfulMarriedInstitutionsCivilizedSwimSwimmingSpoilBeing MarriedRushing Author:Edna St. Vincent Millay
“I always have wanted to know how the whole thing was done, what the process involved. And I don't particularly enjoy that my music is stripped of ancillary details, and it just sort of comes out of this big tap called the Internet like water. I like some of my water to be neatly presented in a bottle. With a label on it.” KnowsDoneWholeBigsWantedProcessEnjoyWaterKnow HowInternetInvolvedMusic IsDetailsLabelsBottles Author:Brian Eno
“We live our lives by the water and if you don't know how to swim in Australia, it's like not knowing how to cross a road. It's an incredible survival thing that you really must learn when you're a child.” IfsKnowsChildrenWaterKnow HowKnowingOur LivesSurvivalCrossesIncrediblesAustraliaLive BySwimNot Knowing Author:Eric Bana
“I want people to understand and recognize that when it comes to dating, you're not as crazy as you think you are. Everyone needs love. We need it like air or water. We just don't know how to get it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantNeedsWaterKnow HowAirCrazyDatingNeed Love Author:Leslye Headland
“It's a horrible economy but I'm trying to do my part. I just bought a new shower curtain it has all the presidents on it. Do you know how hard it is to masturbate with all the presidents staring at you? And when the water hits them it looks like they're crying.” KnowsTryingLooksHardPresidentWaterKnow HowEconomyCryHorribleStaringDo You KnowShowersCurtainsStaring At YouShower Curtains Author:Dave Attell