Eloquence of the Sardine Quotes

“The survival of a species often depends on the aid of multiple other creatures.”
― Bill François, Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea

“Stories are meant to come to life, to be recounted out loud, with sweeping gestures, with friends present, with questions and stunned expressions. It's hard to write them, because you have to pin them down, turn them into portraits, choose a single angle, and reduce them to a single dimension.”
― Bill François, Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea

“Don't try to exchange words, only to share that which transcends words.”
― Bill François, Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea

“Even before humanity realized the earth spins on its axis, they had understood that the sea belongs to everyone”
― Bill François, Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea

“And what could be more silent and less interesting than a whelk?
And yet...”
― Bill François, Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea

“By being aware of our place and role in the ecosystem, we preserve it.”
― Bill François, Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea

“When school ends, everyone must relearn in their own way”
― Bill François, Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea

“A human being is nothing more than a very large community, on every level.”
― Bill François, Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea

“We have neither tentacles nor limestone exoskeletons, but are we really so different from coral?”
― Bill François, Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea

“In the water, as any fish will tell you, we can't see everything. For seeing alone isn't enough.”
― Bill François, Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea

“The human body is equipped for aquatic life in many ways, perhaps even too many for it to be a mere coincidence.”
― Bill François, Eloquence of the Sardine: Extraordinary Encounters Beneath the Sea