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Life At Sea Quotes

8 quotes from 8 authors

If you’ve ever felt the pull of the horizon, these eight voices capture the restless rhythm of salt‑sprayed days and quiet nights. They reveal how the sea can both soothe and unsettle, from bohemian Buenos Aires streets to a lone watchman’s lullaby, and you may also enjoy Adventure at Sea or Maritime History pages.

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“Even a man who’s spent his whole life at sea has reason to fear her when she’s angry. But not I. I…

Tricia Levenseller

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I love moving water, I love ships, I love the sharp definition, the concentrated humanity, the sublime solitude of life at sea.…

George Santayana

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This is what I like about life at sea. It’s one long voyage of discovery. Solid water! What will they think of…

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“José Arcadio had forgotten about it, because life at sea had saturated his memory with too many things to remember.”

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“You mentioned that Palermo, the part of Buenos Aires where you were brought up, had been a violent place full of bohemians…

Luis Fernando Verissimo

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There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea.

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It isn't that life ashore is distasteful to me. But life at sea is better.

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“Life at sea is hard. And often deadly. (Morgan) Then why do you do it? (Serenity) Because we love it. (Morgan) A…

Kinley MacGregor

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