“Before there was any water there were tides of fire, both our tones flow from the older fountain.”

“An organism is not an inert lump of matter, but a dynamic system: it survives by taking in new matter, extracting energy from it, and then expelling it. Matter flows through an organism like water through a fountain, only slower.”

“I'd seen this happen several times before, in different institutions, but it was no less remarkable on each occasion: the words were like the flow of water over coals, taking away crackling heat and leaving only a steaming whisper, a perhaps momentary but nonetheless effective remission from deep-burning fire.”

“One who swims with the tide and not the other side will benefit from the opportunity that flows.”

“Your soul fountain will never drain until the instant of eternity will halt before it to drink the water of death.”

“Would the fountain of your mind were clear again,that I might water an ass at it!”