Tuesday, July 16, 2013

the third thing



"Water is H2O, hydrogen two parts, oxygen one, but there is also a third thing, that makes it water, and nobody knows what it is."

                                              -    D.H. Lawrence
                                                              quoted from Cooked, by Michael Pollan
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  1. 9peasMomJuly 17, 2013 at 8:54 AM

    I'll have to ask my husband, the Cryogenics guy this question.

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    1. LisaJuly 17, 2013 at 11:15 AM

      I don't know what D.H. Lawrence was thinking of, but to me it is a spiritual essence or something something, something about water that is indefinable; so important, so mysterious, so vital. I suppose he sensed it.

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