“Daughters of the attitude that produced them, certain women will not appeal to us without the double bed in which we find peace by their side, while others, to be caressed with a more secret intention, require leaves blown by the wind, water rippling in the dark, things as light and fleeting as they are.” LightCertainWomenSidesWaterDarkSecretAttitudeWindBedDaughterIntentionAppealsFleetingFinding PeaceDark Things Book:In Search of Lost Time Volume III The Guermantes Way Source: In Search of Lost Time Volume III The Guermantes Way
“But you I never understood, Your spirit's secret hides like goldSunk in a Spanish galleon Ages ago in waters cold.” AgeSpiritWaterSecretColdUnderstood Book:Flame and Shadow Source: Flame and Shadow
“You are water, you understand - electrified water. The elements and balance of ocean water match the blood in your human body. Humans were made from the ocean. This is one of the greatest secrets of creation.” HumansMadeBodyWaterSecretBloodCreationBalanceElementsOceanHuman BodyOcean Water Author:Barbara Marciniak
“The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is - before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful - do whatever makes you feel confident. If it’s putting on a great dance record and rocking out in your apartment, do it. If kissing someone for 10 minutes makes you feel confident, do it.” IfsNeedsFeelsBeautifulWaterSleepSecretRecordsMinutesKissingPlentyApartmentFeeling BeautifulGreat DanceKissing SomeoneRocking Out Author:Aimee Mullins
“In the desert, the two primary elements are stone and water. Stone comes in abundance, exposed by weathering and a lack of vegetation. It is a canvas. Water crosses this stone with such rarity and ferocity that it tells all of its secrets in the shapes left behind.” TwoLeftWaterSecretBehindsShapesElementsStonesCrossesPrimariesDesertAbundanceExposedCanvasLeft BehindRarityVegetationFerocity Author:Craig Childs
“The interpretations of science do not give us this intimate sense of objects as the interpretations of poetry give it; they appeal to a limited faculty, and not to the whole man. It is not Linnaeus or Cavendish or Cuvier who gives us the true sense of animals, or water, or plants, who seizes their secret for us, who makes us participate in their life; it is Shakspeare [sic] … Wordsworth … Keats … Chateaubriand … Senancour.” MenGivingWholePoetryWaterAnimalSecretObjectsPlantAppealsIntimateFacultyInterpretationWordsworthLinnaeus Book:Essays in Criticism Source: Essays in Criticism
“A poem makes clear without making simple. Poetry's language carries what lives outside language. It's as if you were given a 5-gallon bucket with 10 gallons of water in it. Mysterious thirsts are answered. That alchemical bucket carries secrets also, even the ones we keep from ourselves.” IfsLanguageGivenWaterSimpleSecretClearMysteriousCarrieThirstBucketsGallons Author:Jane Hirshfield
“Two things are easiest to do. One, to carry water in a sieve. Two, to still the mind. Freeze water. Breathe calm. Only two secrets to learn.” MindStillsTwoWaterSecretCalmBreatheTwo ThingsFreeze Author:Swami Veda Bharati