Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. – W. H. Auden

How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is clearly Ocean. – Arthur C. Clarke

Water flows humbly to the lowest level.
Nothing is weaker than water,
Yet for overcoming what is hard and strong,
Nothing surpasses it. – Lao-Tzu

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