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“The sea was surging among the pilings like the blithe mindless forces of dissolution.”
“Oceania is vast, Oceania is expanding, Oceania is hospitable and generous, Oceania is humanity rising from the depths of brine and regions of fire deeper still, Oceania is us. We are the sea, we ar...”
“I see an ocean that’s spilled out of a wineglass, its body clear and sparkling and folding over itself. I see a ribbon of sand.”
“She remembers sprinting over the thin after-waves that slid over each other like sheets of glass. When she ran with the waves it looked like she wasn’t moving. When she ran against them it looked l...”
“...you need to travel to see the ocean - I don't need the ocean - I have the sky...”
“We were right to come here, if only because the ocean reminded you that impossible things were possible. Miles and miles of the deepest waters that moved like clockwork were possible. Creatures lik...”
“Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear.”
“Praise the sea but keep on land.”
“Rocked in the cradle of the deep I lay me down in peace to sleep.”
