“...all people needed was time and then they could figure most things out of themselves.”

“Children need close friends to help them grow up, to discover things about themselves and about life. They also need close friends to keep them sane”

“People who constantly looked over their shoulders bumped into things. Paths are so much clearer when people stop looking at what everyone else is doing and instead concentrate on themselves.”

“Children always want the same things because they all need the same basic things.”

“Sometomes that's all people ever really need. Just to know.”

“Sometimes that's all people ever really need. Just to know.”

“There was a magic about the sea. People were drawn to it. People wanted to love by it, swim in it, play in it, look at it. It was a living thing that as as unpredictable as a great stage actor: it could be calm and welcoming, opening its arms to embrace it's audience one moment, but then could explode with its stormy tempers, flinging people around, wanting them out, attacking coastlines, breaking down islands. It had a playful side too, as it enjoyed the crowd, tossed the children about, knocked lilos over, tipped over windsurfers, occasionally gave sailors helping hands; all done with a secret little chuckle”