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Life could not change the sun or water the desert, so it changed itself.

Life could not change the sun or water the desert, so it changed itself.

John Steinbeck
Water, Desert, Sun
John Steinbeck (1980). “Travels with Charley in Search of America”, p.120, Penguin

You never oughta drink water when it ain't runnin'.

John Steinbeck
Water, Drink, Drink Water
John Steinbeck (1994). “Of Mice and Men”, p.20, Penguin

It doesn't matter that Cathy was what I have called a monster. Perhaps we can't understand Cathy, but on the other hand we are capable of many things in all directions, of great virtues and great sins. And who in his mind has not probed the black water?

John Steinbeck
Hands, Water, Black
John Steinbeck (2002). “East of Eden”, p.116, Penguin

A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of the pool and came to the legs of a motionless heron that stood in the shadows. A silent head and beak lanced down and plucked it out by the head, and the beak swallowed the little snake while its tail waved frantically.

John Steinbeck
Snakes, Water, Shadow

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