“Long before we saw the sea, its spray was on our lips, and showered salt rain upon us.Charles Dickens
“She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.Holly Black
“Let the most absent-minded of men be plunged in his deepest reveries—stand that man upon his legs, set his feet a-going, and he will infallibly lead you to water, if water there be in all that region…. Meditation and water are wedded forever.Herman Melville