“There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it.”

“Blood is thicker than water, my mother had always said when I was growing up, a sentiment I’d often disputed. But it turned out that it didn’t matter whether she was right or wrong. They both flowed out of my cupped palms.”

“Only virtue's water can
wash out the stain in living things.”

“water is fearless, you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a teapot it becomes the teapot, water can flow drip, creap, or crash!”

“One day the water's gonna wash it away
One day the water's gonna wash it away
One day the water's gonna wash it away
And on that day, nothing clever to say.”

“Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.”

“If a mute kid swears, should his mother wash his hands with soap?”

“We can wash people in the water all we want, but we can never wash their parents out of their hearts.”

“If in thirst you drink water from a cup, you see God in it. Those who are not in love with God will see only their own faces in it.”

“There is no water and still less soap. We have no city, but lots of hope.”