Whales, porpoises, mermaids and mermen, dead sailors…

“Her eyes were as green as the sea, and forever I forgave the sea for not appearing blue.”

— Sena Jeter Naslund

Aye, tough mermaids are, the lot of them.

— Blackbeard

I think every little girl is fascinated with mermaids whether you are familiar with 'Splash' or 'Little Mermaid' or things like that. I did…

— JoJo

“And strange were the tales of the pond in the meadow, And eager we listened with eyes opened wide To Those tales often told…

— J.R. Withers

“I saw a movie once that said that two people in a family aren't enough.”

— Rebecca Salas

“...either I’m losing my mind, or I saw mermaids." --Alec Costner, The Mermaid Coast”

— Robert Woolcott

“There were letters on the bottom, letters he'd seen before, on the ship that had carried him from London, the ship that had broken…

— Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

“for frail but surprisingly strong fairies who had lost their way above ground for burned mermaids and sick vampire girls for wild wolfish women…

— Francesca Lia Block

Oh love, rose made wet by mermaids and foams, fire that dances and climbs up the invisible stairs and awakens the blood in the…

— Pablo Neruda

“You'll do fine." "What, you're psychic now?" "Didn't you know?" he asks seriously. "Must be an aftereffect of the bond.”

— Tera Lynn Childs

The other day when we were reading The Little Mermaid again, at the part where it says that only human souls can go up…

— Ekaterina Gordeeva

“I am a siren, and for my adoration of mankind, have been caught in fishing nets one time too many. And in those fishing…

— C. JoyBell C

Old ladies in wheelchairs with blankets over their legs, I don't think so...retired mermaids.

— Milton Jones

“The mermaids came to me finally, in the pink hours of my life. They are my consolation. For them I dove with arms outstretched,…

— Sue Monk Kidd

“We were those girls, the artist’s daughters, the mermaids, the ones with long, tangled hair who did what they wanted. Inside, always, we knew…

— Stacey D'Erasmo