There's something about rushing water that I can watch for hours and f…

Mark Helprin
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There's something about rushing water that I can watch for hours and feel as if I need to do nothing more. It's alive in a way that's greater than any description of it. ✨ Mark Helprin (2012). In Sunlight and in Shadow, p.27, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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There's something about rushing water that I can watch for hours and feel as if I need to do nothing more. It's alive in a way that's greater than any description of it. ✨ Mark Helprin (2012). In Sunlight and in Shadow, p.27, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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