Karen-russell Quote by Karen Russell

“The Turtle raises its head above the water and watches the glittering coloured lights beneath the blazing stars of the Northern Heavens, wondering why…

— Kylie Chan

“I think of the turtles swimming steadily against the current all the way to Ascension. I think of them swimming through all that golden-green…

— Russell Hoban

“The Serpent raises its head from the water and slides onto the ice, the stars blazing above in the night sky. The Turtle sinks…

— Kylie Chan

It's a little-appreciated fact that most of the animals in our ocean make light.

— Edith Widder

I would love to go help baby sea turtles back into the ocean after hatching in Mexico.

— Tamara Feldman

“Octopuses in at least two aquariums have learned to turn off the lights”

— Peter Godfrey-Smith

“The Serpent slides through the black icy water of the Antarctic, wreathed in permanent darkness. The Turtle hides from the weak Arctic sun beneath…

— Kylie Chan

“The Serpent takes its smallest form and drifts through an oil slick, choking on the filth in the water, suffocating on the debris. The…

— Kylie Chan

The turtle couldn't help us.

— Stephen King

“How strange it must be, thought Tortoise looking out to sea, to have no edge to one's world. We have a beach; we know…

— Benedict Blathwayt

“During dinner a sea turtle stopped by for a visit. At three or four feet in length... the turtle swam alongside for about twenty…

— Tori Murden Mcclure

I don't want to live in a world where I could say to my daughter, 'There used to be turtles that swam in the…

— Angela Kinsey