

“In the beginning was the sea, and the sea was the world”
― Sea Lavender
― Sea Lavender

“Life is a voyage across troubled waters where our days are often spent clinging to the top of the highest mast, scouting for a comforting glimpse of shore.”
― Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year
― Making Wishes: Quotes, Thoughts, & a Little Poetry for Every Day of the Year

“Hence, in a season of calm weather
Though inland far we be,
Our souls have sight of that immortal sea”
― Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood
Though inland far we be,
Our souls have sight of that immortal sea”
― Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood

“What win I if I gain the thing I seek?
A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy.
Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week?
Or sells eternity to get a toy?”
― The Rape of Lucrece
A dream, a breath, a froth of fleeting joy.
Who buys a minute's mirth to wail a week?
Or sells eternity to get a toy?”
― The Rape of Lucrece

“The forces of the sea give rise to imagination, which reflects them according to the nature and disposition of the perceiver. The sea itself is undifferentiated and without bias.”
― The Gray Isles
― The Gray Isles
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