“There was a magic about the sea. People were drawn to it. People wanted to love by it, swim in it, play in it, look at it. It was a living thing that as as unpredictable as a great stage actor: it could be calm and welcoming, opening its arms to embrace it's audience one moment, but then could explode with its stormy tempers, flinging people around, wanting them out, attacking coastlines, breaking down islands. It had a playful side too, as it enjoyed the crowd, tossed the children about, knocked lilos over, tipped over windsurfers, occasionally gave sailors helping hands; all done with a secret little chuckle”
― The Gift
― The Gift
“So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”
― Shakespeare's Sonnets
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”
― Shakespeare's Sonnets
“The moments of our life are not expendable, And the [possible] circumstances of death are beyond imagination. If you do not achieve an undaunted confident security now, What point is there in your being alive, O living creature?”
― The Tibetan Book of the Dead. First Complete Translation
― The Tibetan Book of the Dead. First Complete Translation
“He: "Whale you be my valentine?" She: "Dolphinitely.”
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