Quote by Stephen Crane

“I asked him what he thought of the Great Lakes now. I'm surprised at how much seamanship is required to sail them. I always…

— Jerry Dennis

“I floated like driftwood in the ocean. I wasn’t worried about sharks, because my bathtub is much too shallow.”

— Jarod Kintz

“The ocean knew where her sailor was. We have seen him, said the waves. He is sleeping with us. You will never kiss his…

— Francine Prose

“He knew he shouldn’t want to spend time with her – she would drown him. But somehow, staying afloat didn’t matter any more.”

— Isha Inamdar

“The monster under my bed is pitchpoling. See, when you’re in heavy seas you always face the bow forward. Steer into the waves. Seems…

— Kristy McGinnis

“As he stared into the ocean, he must have tossed a lifetime of apologies into its silence. Maybe he thought the tide would wash…

— Diane Keaton

“Sometimes she woke up speaking his name. Sometimes she wondered how it were possible to be so far from the sea and still feel…

— Jojo Moyes

“Something tells me if he thought you wanted the Titanic, he would retrieve it from the depths of the Atlantic for you.”

— Nicole Williams

“I was left on the shore with the waves washing over me, unable to drown.”

— John Green

“Considerable self-confidence was an understatement. People knew when he entered a room… He tipped the boat. You had to scramble to keep your equilibrium.”

— Mark Pendergrast

“It would have worried Mort if he’d let it. Someone was expecting him. He’d learned in recent days, though, that rather than drown in…

— Terry Pratchett

“Her hands clung to my neck; they would not have held me so fast in a shipwreck. And I did not understand whether she…

— Raymond Radiguet