“It's the tide. It's the dismal tide. It's not the one thing.”
“Isn't that something-to know your own soul by hearsay, instead of its own tidings? Why should I let a preacher tell me if I had one or not? If I could believe I hada soul, all by myself, then I could listen to its tidings all by myself.”
“He was following the Earth through its days, drifting with the rhythms of its myriad pulses, seeping through the webs of its life, swelling with its tides, turning with its weight.”
“It's only when the tide goes out that you learn who's been swimming naked.”
“I'm sorry to go, but its alright. Rivers dry up; tides ebb; the sea goes on.”
“I have always tried to live in an ivory tower, but a tide of shit is beating at its walls, threatening to undermine it.”