"Scuba diving, from the beginning, had an air of dangerous allure. Every landlocked schoolboy knew of its intriguing hazards: the bends, which caused a diver's veins to fizz with carbonated blood until he died a ghastly, percolating death; and rapture of the deep, which took away his reason, filled his heart with false contentment, and drew him down into the ocean gloom."

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Source : Stephen Harrigan (2015). “Water and Light: A Diver's Journey to a Coral Reef”, p.7, University of Texas Press

Stephen Harrigan

#Ocean Quotes #Heart Quotes #Air Quotes

“When I decided to be a musician I was hoping that it would be one of my contributions in having a positive impact on the world. That's always what I wanted to do.”

Source : Source: youknowigotsoul.com
“Faith is the gaze of a soul upon a saving God.”
“Sometimes I'm very impatient. I also feel the need to please everyone, which is unnecessary and impossible.”
“New Customers come from the action of past customers”
“Hale looked at Macey, who added, "Seven minutes since shots fired." "Kat what's the emergency response tie in Midtown Manhattan?" "Not long enough if they want a clean exit," she told him. Macey hadn't heard Kat's words, but she looked at Hale like she'd read his mind.”
“Alcohol, I had learned, was an eloquent if somewhat inaccurate interpreter. I had placed my trust that December night in glass after glass of it, eager not for drink but for a bit of talk.”

Source : Monique Truong (2004). “The Book of Salt: A Novel”, p.7, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I think people feel starved of nice, glamorous entertainment. They want to see costumes and gaiety and a singer; old-fashioned entertainment - it won't die easily.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“All sense of hearing and of sight enfold in the serene delight and quietude of sleep.”

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