There can’t possibly be anything more beautiful than…

Brighton is a beautiful seaside city, but it's got a dark underbelly.

— Peter James

“This was where I’d always found peace. The ocean was my drug of choice.”

— Susan M. Boyer

I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments.

— Quentin Blake

My trips to Blackpool have created a lifelong love of the seaside.

— A. J. Odudu

“Each year, we rent a house at the edge of the sea and drive there in the first of the summer—with the dog and…

— John Cheever

When I was a kid, all our seaside holidays were spent on Canvey Island or in Clacton-on-Sea.

— Harry Redknapp

“In my dream I drank fully of water, but when I woke, I was thirsty." Ned Low”

— Patricia Goodwin

I can imagine moving out to the seaside at some point. I like Brighton, my sister lives there. I'm a seaside boy and whenever…

— Marc Almond

“…I notice that people always make gigantic arrangements for bathing when they are going anywhere near the water, but that they don’t bathe much…

— Jerome K. Jerome

“How many ghosts might return to the promenade, haunted by the echoes of those promises, perhaps eager to catch a glimpse of what could…

— A.J. Reid

What's best about those seaside towns is that they are like time warps, and that's why people go there.

— Harland Miller

Whitley Bay was my first experience of the seaside. I'd buy my bucket and spade, and beach ball, and all the shops were teeming…

— Cherie Lunghi

I've always loved the seaside and I used to be a fairly keen surfer, but it's a solitary activity so when my husband and…

— Alice Roberts

Girls at the seaside: Too young to handle, too old to hold.

— Robert D Dangoor

I grew up in a little seaside town that I thought was absolutely rubbish and I couldn't wait to leave.

— Rosie Jones