Ocean Quote by John Fowles

“All we who write put me in mind of sailors hastily making rafts upon doomed ships. When we break up under the heavy years…

— Lord Dunsany

“In the bustling of the cities, forever surrounded by people and their chatter, we stand alone; an island of humanity. Build your raft, that…

— Martin Cosgrove

“Seven men inhabit the raft. The pessimist, for whom the good things of life are no more than lures to prolong suffering; the egocentric,…

— John Fowles

“We are part of a flowing ocean of energy. Our limitations are the rafts we create to help us feel secure.”

— Jeanne McElvaney

“The world outside was a rolling sea and he was on a raft without a paddle. There was nothing to anchor him and no…

— G.P. Ching

“Strolling down a white-graveled walk to the cliff above the ocean, he let his eyes rove aimlessly over the expanse of sea and sand:…

— Jim Thompson

“He was a life raft in a sea of assholes.”

— Anna Jarzab

“And the boat and the dock and the gravel on the shore, the trees sky-pointed or crouching, leaning out over the water, the complicated…

— Alice Munro

“If you must know anything, know that the hardest task is to live only once. That a woman on a sinking ship becomes a…

— Ocean Vuong

“And when the sea swallowed up the shore and the waves heaved under the ship and the blue horizon encircled us, I immediately felt…

— Tayeb Salih

“The infinite space that each man carries within himself, wherein despairingly he contrasts the movement of his spirit with the acts of his life,…

— Victor Hugo

“You are so in over your head that even a life raft can't keep you afloat.”

— Holly Stephens