r/BeAmazed 2d ago

Miscellaneous / Others The ocean is both scary and beautiful.

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u/sloant09 2d ago

My favorite ocean quote is from the Culture novels by Iain Banks:

"You might call them soft, because they’re very reluctant to kill, and they might agree with you, but they’re soft the way the ocean is soft, and, well; ask any sea captain how harmless and puny the ocean can be.”