Air Quote by Emily Dickinson

I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew…

— William Shakespeare

This was charming, no doubt; but they shortly found out That the Captain they trusted so well Had only one notion for crossing the…

— Lewis Carroll

“There was a magic about the sea. People were drawn to it. People wanted to love by it, swim in it, play in it,…

— Cecelia Ahern

“For summer can be blue or gray follow the wind to take you bay Into sirens hands you fall from your ship Captains down…

— Abbagail Koch

“They came there regularly every evening drawn by some need. It was as if the water floated off and set sailing thoughts which had…

— Virginia Woolf

“Ms. Wrack's mother, Mrs. Wrack, had been a mermaid: a proper one who lived on a rock and combed her hair and sang. But…

— Eva Ibbotson

“We did not get on much further, for in another moment we were caught by a terrific squall from the West that snapped the…

— Homer

“My nightly craft is winged in white, a dragon of night dark sea. Swift born, dream bound and rudderless, her captain and crew are…

— Anne McCaffrey

“There's always a siren, singing you to shipwreck. Some of us may be more susceptible than others are, but there's always a siren. It…

— Caitlín R. Kiernan

“The sea was like another member of the household, a recalcitrant child at times, a soothing aunt at others. She crooned them awake; she…

— Hala Alyan

Ocean into tempest wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly.

— Edward Young

The creatures of the sea hold special mystery, and they are among the most exciting, graceful, and beautiful on Earth. Just consider the living…

— Carl Safina