A pool is, for many of us in the West, a symbol not of affluence but of order, of control over the uncontrollable. A pool is water, made available and useful, and is, as such, infinitely soothing to the western eye. – Joan Didion
But I do see the good side of water now. How good it is when you’re really thirsty, how it glitters and gurgles! How alive it is! – G.K. Chesterton, The Flying Inn, 1914
You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family. – Eddie Van Halen
