“This is the extent of his knowledge of the sea: it was very big, it was salty, and fish lived there.”

— Haruki Murakami , book Kafka on the Shore

Source: Kafka on the Shore

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Japanese author, novelist 1949

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“Oh salty sea, how much of your salt
are tears of Portugal!”

Fernando Pessoa book Mensagem

Poem "Mar Português", Verses 1-2
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Original: Ó mar salgado, quanto do teu sal
São lágrimas de Portugal!

“There's lots of good fish in the sea… maybe… but the vast masses seem to be mackerel or herring, and if you're not mackerel or herring yourself, you are likely to find very few good fish in the sea.”

D.H. Lawrence book Lady Chatterley's Lover

Source: Lady Chatterley's Lover

“The tiny fish enjoy themselves
in the sea.
Quick little splinters of life,
their little lives are fun to them
in the sea.”

D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930) English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter

Little Fish (1929)

“The flavour of a fish which comes out of the sea at Acre is not similar to the flavour of a fish which comes out of the sea in Spain.”

Rashi (1040–1105) French rabbi and commentator

Commenting on Gen. 1:10; why does it say "seas", not "sea" - because the nature of the sea varies from place to place.
Commentary on Genesis

“We are like fish
In this vast sea.
And Satan fishes
For you and me.”

Isaac Leib Peretz (1852–1915) Yiddish language author and playwright

"Monish" (translated in J. Leftwich. Golden Peacock. Sci-Art, 1939, p. 56.), 1888.

“There's plenty more fish in the sea than Prince Jonathan," he told her softly. "And this particular fish loves you with all his crooked heart."
-George to Alanna”

Tamora Pierce The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

Source: The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

“To whatever extent a person's knowledge increases, his attention will be turned more towards his soul.”

Ali (601–661) cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

Husayn al-Nuri al-Tabarsi, Mustadrak al-Wasā'il, vol. 11, p. 323
Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, Religious

“My big fish must be somewhere.”

Ernest Hemingway book The Old Man and the Sea

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“There are plenty of fish in the sea, if I run out of women.”

Joey Comeau (1980) writer

A Softer World

“This is the extent of his knowledge of the sea: it was very big, it was salty, and fish lived there.”

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