Quote by William Boyd

The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the ‘Living Infinite...

— Jules Verne

“The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence. It is nothing but love and emotion; it is the 'Living Infinite'...The…

— Jules Verne

“I find it very difficult to talk here now because I'm watching the sea all the time. The sea always makes me watch it…

— William Golding

It is not to be wondered that men have worshiped the ocean, for in his depths they have seen mirrored the image of Eternity…

— Elbert Hubbard

“The sea refreshes our imagination because it does not make us think of human life; yet it rejoices the soul, because, like the soul,…

— Marcel Proust

“That is the essential wisdom of the sea, its paradox. It quickens us, extends us, prompts feats of innovation and courage, then washes them…

— Philip Marsden

“Just as the sea is an open and ever flowing reality, so should our oceanic identity transcend all forms of insularity, to become one…

— Epeli Hau'ofa

“[The waves] move across a faint horizon, the rush of love and the surge of grief, the respite of peace and then fear again,…

— Susan Casey

“The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where…

— Jules Verne

The mind, that ocean where each kind Does straight its own resemblance find; Yet it creates, transcending these, Far other worlds, and other seas.

— Andrew Marvell

The ocean stirs the heart, inspires the imagination and brings eternal joy to the soul.

— Robert Wyland

“Our house has its back to the sea,' writes Hester in her journal. 'Below us, the ocean spreads to the sky, twitching wide and…

— Tanya Moir