Waves Quotes

“Cormac’s distracted by a slopping sound under the slats. He keeps talking to soothe his nerves. ‘Here’s a saying I’ve heard but don’t understand: Never turn your back on the ocean.’
‘Even on a calm day, Brother, a roller can come in without warning and lick a man of the shore,’ Trian tells him.”
― Emma Donoghue, Haven

“...the ocean, the perpetual shapeshifter: one day a disc of hammered gold, the next wild and rearing, like a thousand white horses. I noticed how the ocean had moods, just like a person.”
― C.J. Cooke, The Lighthouse Witches

“Waves are like friends. Some are big and bold, some not so much. Others come to greet you, while still there are those you have to chase. There are those which are deceiving, as they look good in the beginning, but will betray and crush you in the end. It’s truly hard to know the perfect wave. Only when you are within its folds do you realize it was either a good or bad decision on your part. By that point, it’s either too late or just right.”
― Andrew Pacholyk, Barefoot ~ A Surfer's View of the Universe

“The shore knows that the waves belong to the ocean, yet it welcomes the waves with an open arm, whether it comes with a gentle rush or crash against it. I was the shore; you were like the waves.”
― Alka Dimri Saklani, As Night Falls

“Let the sea into your soul. Let the waves come home to the shores...”
― Jayita Bhattacharjee

“They were lying on a bed of soft moss at the edge of The Crooked Forest. He could hear waves crashing along the shore. She was sprawled out in a robe of silver, her hair spread beneath her like a tide pool.”
― Holly Black, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

“Come with me beneath the waves,' she calls to him. 'Drown with me in delight.'

He laughs a little shakily. 'A compelling offer, but I must see my quest to its conclusion.”
― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

“Change is the Universal wake-up call.”
― Andrew Pacholyk, Barefoot ~ A Surfer's View of the Universe

“Once I saw large waves
Crested with white-caps;
A driving wind
Transformed the caps
Into scudding spray.
"Swift souls," I addressed them—
They turned towards me
Startled
Sea-descending faces;
But I, not they,
Felt the pang of transience.”
― Jean Toomer

“We fell in love with each other as the waves fall in love with the shore.”
― Avijeet Das

“Agua brava.
Furious water, an undertow that could lift you up and wash you away. That would never leave you quite in the same place it found you. That returned you slightly — but irrevocably— different. So that at night when you lay in your dry bed, you still felt the memory of that wave moving inside you.”
― Adriana Herrera

“In a moment he restrained himself so powerfully that the tempestuous heaving of his breast subsided, as turbulent and foaming waves yield to the sun's genial influence when the cloud has passed.”
― Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

“The late afternoon Sun threw amber and gold across the deep body of the ocean, breaking into unseen luminance across the horizon. She listened to the crashing distance in the waves: formless and curving into the Earth, reaching for the wide basin of the sky. The ocean’s longing to embrace – not understanding stillness or the way others might be tied to the ground.”
― Tamara Rendell, Realm of the Witch Queen

“Feel the rustle of the leaves. Experience the rumble of the clouds. The flowers sing their own songs. The bees create their own rhythms. The waves serenade with distinct notes. The breeze captivates in its own chords. And the moon mesmerizes in her own melodies. You must understand the symphony of nature.”
― Avijeet Das

“Fire in seasonal weather can only be extinguished by the consistent waves of unwavering love.”
― Reena Doss

“Continuous exposure to red and infrared light wrecked my sleep!”
― Steven Magee, Hypoxia, Mental Illness & Chronic Fatigue

“Waves wash away my resistance to change.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“Hawaii's spirit of 'aloha' is captured in the essence of its sea and sky, the fragance of its precious flowers, and it rich, volcanic terrain.”
― Andrew Pacholyk, Barefoot ~ A Surfer's View of the Universe

“Hawaii's spirit of 'aloha' is captured in the essence of its sea and sky, the fragance of its precious flowers, and it's rich, volcanic earth.”
― Andrew Pacholyk, Barefoot ~ A Surfer's View of the Universe

“They are silent for a moment, watching the waves come closer and closer to their feet. There is always the temptation, thinks Ruth, to stay just a little bit too long, to stand on the water’s edge until the spray actually gets you. And it’s not always the wave you expect, the spectacular breakers hurling themselves against the shore. Sometimes it’s the sneaky waves, the ones that come from nowhere, sucking the sand away from your feet; sometimes it’s these waves that take you by surprise.”
― Elly Griffiths, The Crossing Places

“I went outside, taking in the sight of the grey ocean swaying beyond the cliffs, a mackerel sky troubled by seabirds swooping and screaming beneath the clap of the waves.”
― C.J. Cooke, The Lighthouse Witches

“Whenever two metal objects are close together, you may find standing waves in between them!”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“Electromagnetic pulses are known for their ability to affect human health.”
― Steven Magee, Toxic Altitude

“We ride over the cliffs and then the sea, watching mermaids leap in the spangled waves and selkies rolling along the surf. Past the fog perpetually surrounding the islands and concealing them from mortals.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“…I grew to appreciate the company of people who listen to the world. They don’t feel the need to talk all the while. They were alert to bird-cries, waves sucking on rocks, a rope frittering against a mast.”
― Kathleen Jamie, Findings

“... her steed kicks up off the cliff and in to the air. Mine follows. The wild exhilaration of flying hits me, and I grin with familiar delight. Beneath us are the whitecapped waves and ahead the shimmering lights of mortal towns, like a mysterious land strewn with stars.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Ever Wonder? by Stewart Stafford

Ever wonder why the gales howl?
Screams of the multitude departed,
In all those mauling, biting attacks,
Life numbed in interminable silence.

Ever wonder why woods are tangled?
Matted hair from a sprite's dwelling,
To catch the lost, nosey and wandering,
Their hair caught to make new tangles.

Ever wonder how waves roll over white?
Sea horses rising and diving underneath,
The sun striking their wet necks glinting,
A trick of the light of white horses riding.

© Stewart Stafford, 2022. All rights reserved.”
― Stewart Stafford

“People are waves. They come and they go. And no two waves are alike.”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Tajrish

“Anyone who swims in a choppy sea thinks the waves are grappling with him; get out of the sea, look, the sea is still the same, because the sea lives its own life, it has nothing to do with you!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“THE KAA

The waves of the ocean were calmer than I had ever seen them before. They were as a still lake, reflecting the cloudless sky above. The calm before the storm.”
― Iqra Iqbal, AI Creative Writing Anthology: 20 Authors Share How to Use Computer Tools