Quote by Michael Ondaatje

“What is harder than rock? What is softer than water? Yet hard rocks are hollowed out by soft water?”

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“Be like water; soft as it is, it breaks through rocks and impenetrable surfaces.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“I dropped my head into my arms. I could hear the sea vibrating, the tiny hiss of displaced sand and the click of stones.…

— Elizabeth Buchan

“I wonder if it hurts, being carved out like this, one grain of sand at a time. I wonder if the rocks realize that…

— Elissa Janine Hoole

“Even rocks erode under the smooth flow of water. The strongest of wills give in to the doubtful whispers of friends and hidden enemies.”

— M.B. Watson

“I don’t drink water, because if water can erode rock, think what it can do to flesh.”

— Jarod Kintz

“Sand in reality is nothing else than very small stones.”

— Axel Fredrik Cronstedt

“Shun artificial rocks like the plague.”

— Henry Sherman Adams

“I prefer to look at it another way-which is that if they are persistent enough, even tiny drops of water, over time, can change…

— Veronica Roth

“The little flowers grew everywhere around the rocks, and no one had asked them to grow, or me to grow.”

— Jack Kerouac

“I stood at the grassy edge and tentatively dipped my toe into the water. I watched the ripple spread and break the perfect reflection…

— Erica Sehyun Song

“Sometimes the waves come and wash away the sand so we can see the rock that make us stumble.”

— Hamilton C. Burger