“There were many seas. The sea roared like a tiger. The sea whispered in your ear like a friend telling you secrets. The sea clinked like small change in a pocket. The sea thundered like avalanches. The sea hissed like sandpaper working on wood. The sea sounded like someone vomiting. The sea was dead silent.”

“He was swimming in a sea of other people’s expectations. Men had drowned in seas like that.”

“The sea does not like to be restrained.”

“Like Dead Sea fruits, that tempt the eye,
But turn to ashes on the lips.”

“I'd Like to be
Under the sea
In an octopus's garden with you.”

“Acquiring carnal knowledge is like swimming in the sea … The sea's so beautiful to look at, so wonderful to swim in, but you must never bathe unless it's safe. People so often drown in the sea and some coasts are so very dangerous, … like the Coast of Gower.”

“The northern lights rise like a kiss to the sea”

“Love and anger are like land and sea: They meet at many different places.”

“Sleep puts out silent fingers,
And leads me back to the roar
Of the dead salt sea that vomits
Wrecks of the past ashore.”

“Over the sea and far away
She's waiting like an iceberg
Waiting to change…”