In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it. – Lao-Tzu

The sea hath no king but God alone. – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The White Ship

The sea is as near as we come to another world. – Anne Stevenson, “North Sea Off Carnoustie”

There is indeed, perhaps, no better way to hold communion with the sea than sitting in the sun on the veranda of a fishermen’s cafe. – Joseph W. Beach