Elena

“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.”
― Tahereh Mafi, A Very Large Expanse of Sea

“And the ocean, calling out to us both. A song of freedom and longing.”
― Alexandra Christo, 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.”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula

“How come Aquaman can control whales? They’re mammals! Makes no sense.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian