Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It’s called rain.
Water is like our gold, and we have to treat it like that.
California Governor
Many of the wars this century were about oil, but those of the next century will be over water.
World Bank Special Advisor, 1995
Water does not resist. Water flows. When you plunge your hand into it, all you feel is a caress. Water is not a solid wall, it will not stop you. But water always goes where it wants to go, and nothing in the end can stand against it. Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.
The Penelopiad
There's plenty of water in the universe without life, but nowhere is there life without water.
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
A river cuts through rock not because of its power but because of its persistence.
Everyone understands that water is essential to life. But many are only just now beginning to grasp how essential it is to everything in life – food, energy, transportation, nature, leisure, identity, culture, social norms, and virtually all the products used on a daily basis.
Water is personal, water is local, water is regional, water is statewide. Everybody has a different idea, a different approach, a different issue, a different concern. Water is the most personal issue we have…
A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself.