Far From The Sea We Know Quotes

“Of course. Most of the grays alive now were probably born after the moratorium. Because of this, the largest that we find them is…well, the current record is about thirty-nine tons and sixteen meters. My guess is that this whale is closer to forty-five tons and perhaps seventeen and a half meters in length.” “So, he’s older?”
― Frank M. Sheldon, Far From The Sea We Know

“Maybe the world was flat once, and we made it round, by believing it round. Now we just go in circles, winding up back where we began, thinking we know it all.”
― Frank M. Sheldon, Far From The Sea We Know

“You get tired of winning a little and losing a lot.”
― Frank M. Sheldon, Far From The Sea We Know

“Out on the ship, the whale had looked at him just before disappearing, but not just at him. It was as if the whale had somehow seen into him, utterly and completely, with nothing left hidden! He didn’t know how or why, but it was both terrible and profound, and yet he had almost instantly forgotten, forgotten it all.”
― Frank M. Sheldon, Far From The Sea We Know

“The Time will come when those who dedicate themselves to Science and those who devote themselves to the Divine will find each other and, from that day, be surprised forever.”
― Frank M. Sheldon, Far From The Sea We Know

“Fiction is obliged to stick to the possibilities. Truth isn’t.”   – Mark Twain”
― Frank M. Sheldon, Far From The Sea We Know