Ready to leave Quote by Sue Monk Kidd

“But in a gale, the silent machinery of a sailing-ship would catch not only the power, but the wild and exulting voice of the…

— Joseph Conrad

“...we went to watch the waves that bitter day and the wind took your red cap and mittens - blew them into the sea...”

— John Geddes

“I am choking in the suffocating foul air of the harbor. I want to hoist my sails in the open sea, even though a…

— Osamu Dazai

“I have a feeling that my boat has struck, down there in the depths, against a great thing. And nothing happens! Nothing...Silence...Waves... --Nothing happens?…

— Juan Ramón Jiménez

“One time, your heart almost slipped away on a river barge. Your hands seemed to claw the sky. I’m sorry. No one else made…

— Richard Jackson

“All the details of my life were in exact order and yet I was tumbling in them-out of order like a tremendous wave had…

— Eileen Myles

“I heard word Of bellied sailcloth, Creak of oars, And gold in Eastland. Then I smelled A smell remembered: Salt of spray And black-pitched…

— Frans G. Bengtsson

“I cannot help but remind myself that all that time, you knew the truth. You allowed yourself to slowly make terms with your decision,…

— Jesse Warner

“I could faintly smell the ocean. I imagined being one of the old oak trees standing there swaying in the wind and braving all…

— Nancy B. Brewer

“I sprinted down the alley, not fast enough to avoid the cold water rolling down my back, with a childlike shriek. I caught his…

— Veronica Roth

“Wild ideas popped up again in my head. What if I quietly went over and cut off the mooring ropes on one of the…

— Knut Hamsun

“We all have a sea inside us; can you hear it? Can you hear the ocean roaring?”

— Dianna Hardy