Water Quote by Eula Biss

“I felt clean, all the bone-beaked loneliness birds banished, their rocky nests turned to river stones. Cool, clear water bubbled over them, streams in…

— Bryce Courtenay

“The Windowsill Over the Sink [...] begins to crowd around you with its clutter showing you that you can keep everything but promises.”

— Vern Rutsala

“She hops expectantly into the sink. I turn on the tap for her; she laps without a glance in my direction, like a duchess…

— Peter Trachtenberg

“I have a room, which is in my brain, and it's very, very, very... untidy! There is stuff fallen everywhere. There are some very…

— Bono

“There's a bond that forms over a sink, where the silences seem natural and the conversation is broken up with practical exchanges about where…

— Lisa Beazley

“At Blackwater Pond At Blackwater Pond the tossed waters have settled after a night of rain. I dip my cupped hands. I drink a…

— Mary Oliver

“Like the beach glass you guys always brought me. Sometimes I dump it out on my desk and press my ear to the pieces,…

— Sarah Ockler

“All Day I Hear the Noise of Waters" All day I hear the noise of waters Making moan, Sad as the sea-bird is when,…

— James Joyce

“Birds are flying over the garden. What are you doing inside the house? Join them! If you can’t join them, at least open the…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“his laugh a memory so liquid i’ll hear it when anyone opens a window to scare the birds”

— Sam Sax

“They gulped, those stupid birds; they ate from the bag and they swallowed with glee. And they choked on giant mouthfuls of my shit.…

— Garth Stein

“So I'd grown up eating my words, and it wasn't until later that that I realized how many had gotten backed up inside me.…

— Lisa Ko