“As if the ocean cares that it’s been zoned residential – what the sea wants, the sea shall have.”
“And what is the sea?" asked Will. "The sea!" cried the miller. "Lord help us all, it is the greatest thing God made!”
“what goes on in the sea is of no interest to the rock”
“What an incomparable creature is the sea! ("Absolute Evil")”
“The sea slapped ominously, confessing its strategic impartiality. The sea is an international sea, and the sky a universal sky. Often we forget that. Often we think that what is verging upon us is ours alone. We forget that there are other sides entirely.”