1,231 Quotes About Sea

I’m engaged in the dance of the ages and the search for a song to go with it. Though Templeton’s A Veritable Smorgasbord is a well-deserving classic, it’s a stanza too short for my morphing existence. So I write my own.

People don't say what they mean very often. You have to read between the lines of their behavior, of what they say, to get to what they truly feel. That's what good literature is all about-- what Austen did better than anyone.

May yours be the sparkle of light on the ocean,The whisper of foam on the sea,The warm sand guiding your feet safely home,A pebble in your pocket from me.Some sea glass, a starfish, some driftwood, a whelk,Treasures washed up on the shore.A flower, a feather, an urchin, a pearl,Keep your eyes open for more.May you know yourself held in the palm of Her hand,Blessed by the waves wild and free,Blown by the wind, anointed with salt,Beloved of She of the Sea.

All that I desire in life are three...A wilderness: A beach on the sun-drenched sea,A puff of opium,And thee.

The pulse of lapping water; slow waves invisible in the dark; two entangled minds; two lives; two beating hearts.

Something bashed against the submarine with such a tremendous force that the vessel rocked violently from side to side, throwing people back and forth. Jacob and Whistler weren't ready for the first of these, and they earned bruises as their medals, but the second time the creature shook the ship, they clung to pipes that rattled in their holdings, as if they themselves feared the larger beast that came to feast upon them all.

The moment you realize that no matter how far away in the sea you look for the love you desire, it is impossible for you to reach it without exploring the deepness within, then you will either walk on the surface or sink deeply. The light will guide you nevertheless.

To those who have been accustomed to the difficulties and dangers of a sea-faring life, there are no lines which speak more forcibly to the imagination, or prove the beauty and power of the Greek poet, than those in the noble prayer of Ajax:"Lord of earth and air,O king! O father! hear my humble prayer.Dispel this cloud, that light of heaven restore;Give me to see - and Ajax asks no more,If Greece must perish - we Thy will obey;But let us perish in the face of day!

It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock, than to fall in love with someone who doesn't know what they mean to you.