Language Quote by George Chapman

Words carry oceans on their small backs.

— Lidia Yuknavitch

Here lies one whose name was writ in water.

— John Keats

“Here lies one whose name was writ on water.”

— John Keats

“Our words are similar to wells, and those wells can accommodate the most diverse waters: cataracts, drizzles of other times, oceans that were and…

— César Calvo

Writing is a vessel...with readers the ocean and authors as its sails...

— William Petersen

The written word is redundant on the high seas. Why? Because paper gets wet too easily.

— Walter Moers

“Writing starts with living. —Rumors of Water: Thoughts on Creativity & Writing”

— L.L. Barkat

Water is the ink that writes the poetry of life.

— Alexandra Cousteau

I imagine that fish have no word for water.

— Terry Pratchett

Often the process of writing can feel like spitting into the ocean.

— Max Boot

I can't write unless I'm overlooking water.

— Mark Carwardine

“There was the place where all the shouted words fall into the water. They’re too weak to make it from shore to shore. I…

— Antonia Michaelis