--- title: "4 Philip Marsden Quotes" description: "Philip Marsden-Smedley, known professionally as Philip Marsden is an English writer who has written in several different genres - travel writing, nature..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-philip-marsden-67171.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Philip Marsden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-philip-marsden-67171.jpg) # Philip Marsden **4** quotes in **9** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Philip Marsden-Smedley, known professionally as Philip Marsden is an English writer who has written in several different genres - travel writing, nature writing, history and fiction. His work has been translated into more than fifteen languages. ## Quotes by Philip Marsden > [“And I realized more and more that the Armenian story was not so much one of massacre and persecution, as survival.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-marsden/and-i-realized-more-and-more-that-the-armenian-story-was-not-so-much/) Philip Marsden [Armenia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/armenia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/philip-marsden-67171_armenia_and-i-realized-more-and-more-that-the-ar_335570.jpg) > [“That is the essential wisdom of the sea, its paradox. It quickens us, extends us, prompts feats of innovation and courage, then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-marsden/that-is-the-essential-wisdom-of-the-sea-its-paradox-it-quickens-us/) Philip Marsden [River](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/river/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d3/philip-marsden-67171_wisdom_that-is-the-essential-wisdom-of-the-sea_1590070.jpg) > [“The sea teaches the lesson every ecologist urges us to understand about the natural world: that it cares nothing for us, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-marsden/the-sea-teaches-the-lesson-every-ecologist-urges-us-to-understand/) Philip Marsden [Natural world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/natural-world/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b8/philip-marsden-67171_natural-world_the-sea-teaches-the-lesson-every-ecologi_2065863.jpg) > [“But I know, too, that "love of the sea" is not strictly accurate. Mariners do not love the sea. Love for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-marsden/but-i-know-too-that-love-of-the-sea-is-not-strictly-accurate-mariners/) Philip Marsden [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/philip-marsden-67171_love_but-i-know-too-that-love-of-the-sea-is-n_3227338.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-marsden/#itemlist", "name": "Philip Marsden Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And I realized more and more that the Armenian story was not so much one of massacre and persecution, as survival.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Philip Marsden" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-marsden/and-i-realized-more-and-more-that-the-armenian-story-was-not-so-much/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/philip-marsden-67171_armenia_and-i-realized-more-and-more-that-the-ar_335570.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/philip-marsden-67171_armenia_and-i-realized-more-and-more-that-the-ar_335570.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/philip-marsden-67171_armenia_and-i-realized-more-and-more-that-the-ar_335570.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And I realized more and more that the Armenian story was not so much one of massacre and persecution, as…” — Philip Marsden", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“That is the essential wisdom of the sea, its paradox. 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