What's best about those seaside towns is that they are…

“Einstein's law of time warps says that Everyting likes to live where it is going to age more slowly, and gravity pulls it there.”

— Kip S. Thorne

“Idaville looked like many seaside towns on the outside. On the inside, however, it was different. Very different.”

— Donald J. Sobol

“Idaville looked like many seaside towns on the outside. On the inside, however, it was different. Very different. No one, grown-up or child, got…

— Donald J. Sobol

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

— Rosie Jones

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

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

— Quentin Blake