„…he had to admit to a faint admiration (faint as angostura colouring gin and water)“

— Anthony Burgess

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„There was no God in his heart, he knew; his ideas were still in riot; there was ever the pain of memory; the regret for his lost youth — yet the waters of disillusion had left a deposit on his soul, responsibility and a love of life, the faint stirring of old ambitions and unrealized dreams.“
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
„I woke to a bucket of ice water in my face.“Sadie! Get up,” Zia said.“God!” I yelled. “Was that necessary?”“No,” admitted Zia.“
— Rick Riordan
„He walked on water. Perhaps. But could he have *swum* on land? In matching knickers and dark glasses? With his Fountain in a Love-in-Tokyo? In pointy shoes and a puff? Would he have had the imagination?“
— Arundhati Roy
„It was too late - everything was too late. For years now he had dreamed the world away, basing his decisions upon emotions unstable as water.“
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
„I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they've gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the colour of my mind.“
— Emily Brontë