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title: "6 Crossed Ocean Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“I have crossed an ocean I have lost my tongue from the root of the old one a new one has sprung”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-nichols/i-have-crossed-an-ocean-i-have-lost-my-tongue-from-the-root-of-the/)

[Grace Nichols](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-nichols/)

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> [“I’ve crossed galaxies while I slept, crossed an ocean and back again, but none of that matters. I know where my home…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruby-dixon/i-ve-crossed-galaxies-while-i-slept-crossed-an-ocean-and-back-again/)

[Ruby Dixon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruby-dixon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc2/ruby-dixon-14081_quote_i-ve-crossed-galaxies-while-i-slept-cros_1831250.jpg)

> [“But for a moment I stay there, suspended above the green swell of the land as though thrown up onto the crest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kermit-roosevelt-iii/but-for-a-moment-i-stay-there-suspended-above-the-green-swell-of-the/)

[Kermit Roosevelt III](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kermit-roosevelt-iii/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f37/kermit-roosevelt-iii-44662_first-time_but-for-a-moment-i-stay-there-suspended_1832076.jpg)

> [I was moving among two groups... who had almost ceased to communicate at all, who in intellectual, moral, and psychological climate had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-p-snow/i-was-moving-among-two-groups-who-had-almost-ceased-to-communicate-at/)

[C.P. Snow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-p-snow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16a/c-p-snow-17515_climate_i-was-moving-among-two-groups-who-had-al_1952458.png)

> [I know only one person who ever crossed the ocean without feeling it, either spiritually or physically… he went from Oklahoma to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mfk-fisher/i-know-only-one-person-who-ever-crossed-the-ocean-without-feeling-it/)

[MFK Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mfk-fisher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/867/mfk-fisher-90937_different-ways_i-know-only-one-person-who-ever-crossed_2289857.jpg)

> [No one would have crossed the ocean if he could have gotten off the ship in the storm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-kettering/no-one-would-have-crossed-the-ocean-if-he-could-have-gotten-off-the/)

[Charles Kettering](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-kettering/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aff/charles-kettering-5294_ocean_no-one-would-have-crossed-the-ocean-if-h_2313585.png)

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