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“Ocean had given me hope. He’d made me believe in people again. His sincerity had rubbed me raw, had peeled back the stubborn layers of anger I’d lived in for so long. Ocean made me want to give the world a second chance.”
― A Very Large Expanse of Sea
― A Very Large Expanse of Sea
“And the ocean, calling out to us both. A song of freedom and longing.”
― To Kill a Kingdom
― To Kill a Kingdom
“I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.”
― Dracula
― Dracula
“How come Aquaman can control whales? They’re mammals! Makes no sense.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
“I need to ask myself, 'What would an Apollo astronaut do?' He'd drink three whiskey sours, drive his Corvette to the launchpad, then fly to the moon in a command module smaller than my Rover. Man those guys were cool.”
― The Martian
― The Martian
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