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Quote by Joseph Conrad
The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the ac

The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness. – Joseph Conrad

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The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab. – Joseph Conrad

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Weather
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Water
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My connection to the earth is reinforced through the rhythm of the waves. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

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Water

I have seen the sea when it is strormy and wild; when it is quiet and serene; when it is dark and moody. And in all its moods, I see myself. – Martin D. Buxbaum (1912–1991), in Table Talk

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Water

Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man — who has no gills. – Ambrose Bierce

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Water

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

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Water

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