3 Quotes by Philip Hoare

I wash off the night in the water, my scrapes and aches numbed by the sea. My bones have become boughs, all scarred knees and gnarled kuckles. None of us are the same person we once were, since the human body replaces itself every seven years; there have been at least six different mes.

Our bodies are as unknown to us as the ocean, both familiar and strange; the sea inside ourselves.

You assume you know your home. It’s only when you return that you realise how strange it is.