I feel we are all islands - in a common sea.

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you and make you feel abject. It's stimulating loneliness.

The loneliness you get by the sea is personal and alive. It doesn't subdue you and make you feel abject. It's stimulating loneliness.

The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. One should lie empty, open, choiceless as a beach - waiting for a gift from the sea.

At sea, I feel comfortable and I come to rest.

After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood.