The more simply Life is supported, and the less Stimulus we use, the better — and Happy are the Young and Healthy who are wise enough to be convinced that Water is the best drink, and Salt the best sauce. – William Kitchiner (1775–1827), “Wine,” The Art of Invigorating and Prolong

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

Still falls the rain — dark as the world of man, black as our loss — blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails upon the Cross. – Dame Edith Sitwell

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