“It struck me then how much the past - not just the past but history and family - was like the ocean tide. It was always the same ocean, but the waves made it fresh and new each time.”
“The wave is the same as the ocean, though it is not the whole ocean. So each wave of creation is a part of the eternal Ocean of Spirit. The Ocean can exist without the waves, but the waves cannot exist without the Ocean.”
“Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.”
“An ocean traveler has even more vividly the impression that the ocean is made of waves than that it is made of water.”
“Like the ocean I wave. Hello and goodbye are the same, when I talk with my hand.”
“It is easy to believe we are each waves and forget we are also the ocean.”