--- title: "6 Life And Water Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 6 Life And Water quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Life And Water sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/michael-leunig-2274_control_socialised-humanity-represses-nature-and_102096.png" --- > [Socialised humanity represses nature and degrades human nature; it takes life and waters it down - probably to control it - diluting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/socialised-humanity-represses-nature-and-degrades-human-nature-it/) [Michael Leunig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-leunig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/michael-leunig-2274_control_socialised-humanity-represses-nature-and_102096.png) > [“Where there was nature and earth, life and water, I saw a desert landscape that was unending, resembling some sort of crater,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/where-there-was-nature-and-earth-life-and-water-i-saw-a-desert/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/286/bret-easton-ellis-1028_better-place_where-there-was-nature-and-earth-life-an_237454.jpg) > [“Life and water are inseparable. Three quarters of the earth's surface is covered by water, just as three quarters of your body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/willie-nelson/life-and-water-are-inseparable-three-quarters-of-the-earth-s-surface/) [Willie Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/willie-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/366/willie-nelson-1796_body-temperature_life-and-water-are-inseparable-three-qua_1877210.png) > [“where there was nature and earth, life and water, I saw a desert landscape that was unending, resembling some sort of crater,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/where-there-was-nature-and-earth-life-and-water-i-saw-a-desert-2/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e32/bret-easton-ellis-1028_better-place_where-there-was-nature-and-earth-life-an_2757053.jpg) > [Life and water have a unique quality , if you block it from one side, it takes other turn to continue its journey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/senoraroy/life-and-water-have-a-unique-quality-if-you-block-it-from-one-side-it/) [Senoraroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/senoraroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/senoraroy-77_life_life-and-water-have-a-unique-quality-if_3077571.jpg) > [Where there was nature and earth, life and water, I saw a desert landscape that was unending, resembling some sort of crater,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bret-easton-ellis/where-there-was-nature-and-earth-life-and-water-i-saw-a-desert-3/) [Bret Easton Ellis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bret-easton-ellis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/bret-easton-ellis-1028_abstract_where-there-was-nature-and-earth-life-an_3188009.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life-and-water/#itemlist", "name": "Life And Water Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Socialised humanity represses nature and degrades human nature; it takes life and waters it down - probably to control it - diluting existence with water that is lukewarm, sweet and murky.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Leunig" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-leunig/socialised-humanity-represses-nature-and-degrades-human-nature-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/michael-leunig-2274_control_socialised-humanity-represses-nature-and_102096.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/michael-leunig-2274_control_socialised-humanity-represses-nature-and_102096.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/michael-leunig-2274_control_socialised-humanity-represses-nature-and_102096.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Socialised humanity represses nature and degrades human nature; it takes life and waters it down - probably…” — Michael Leunig", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Where there was nature and earth, life and water, I saw a desert landscape that was unending, resembling some sort of crater, so devoid of reason and light and spirit that the mind could not grasp it on any sort of conscious level and if you came close the mind would reel backward, unable to take it in. 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