"The Sea is a sort of mythological enemy, and I make what you might call sacrifices to it in my soul,..."

“The Sea is a sort of mythological enemy, and I make what you might call sacrifices to it in my soul, fearing it a little, respecting it as you’re supposed to, but in many ways treating it as an equal. It does things to the world, so do I; we should both be feared.”

- Iain Banks, The Wasp Factory (via musicistheart)