“On Friday the 13th of April 2029, an asteroid large enough to fill the Rose Bowl as though it were an egg cup, will fly so close to Earth, that it will dip below the altitude of our communication satellites. We did not name this asteroid Bambi. Instead, it's named Apophis, after the Egyptian god of darkness and death. If the trajectory of Apophis at close approach passes within a narrow range of altitudes called the 'keyhole,' the precise influence of Earth's gravity on its orbit will guarantee that seven years later in 2036, on its next time around, the asteroid will hit Earth directly, slamming in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii. The tsunami it creates will wipe out the entire west coast of North America, bury Hawaii, and devastate all the land masses of the Pacific Rim. If Apophis misses the keyhole in 2029, then, of course, we have nothing to worry about in 2036.”
“If I want everyone to follow me, I have to unfollow them first and build my own path. Only unique is being followed.”
“The sea is a body in a thousand ways that don't add up, because adding is too stable a transaction for that flux, but the waves come in in a roar and then ebb, almost silent but for the fain suck of sand and snap of bubbles, over and over, a heartbeat rhythm, the sea always this body turned inside out and opened to the sky, the body always a sea folded in on itself, a nautical chart folded into a paper cup.”
Source: Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics
“History teaches us many things. Most importantly, the things that made us who and what we are.”
Source: Voyages of Malolo: "The Secret of the Rongo"
“Thus mysterious divine Pacific zones the world's whole bulk about; makes all coasts one Bay to it; seems heart-beating heart of earth.”
Source: Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“The sea is a body in a thousand ways that don't add up, because adding is too stable a transaction for that flux, but the waves come in in a roar and then ebb, almost silent but for the faint suck of sand and snap of bubbles, over and over, a heartbeat rhythm, the sea always this body turned inside out and opened to the sky, the body always a sea folded in on itself, a nautical chart folded into a paper cup.”
Source: Storming the Gates of Paradise: Landscapes for Politics
“It rolls the mid-most waters of the world, the Indian Ocean and Atlantic being just its arms.”
Source: Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“After the swim they argued no more; the blue Pacific had washed away all their irritation, as it generally does.”
Source: The Women in Black
“A convergence exists in the search for human excellence on both sides of the Pacific Ocean.”
Source: Peaceful War: How the Chinese Dream and the American Destiny Create a New Pacific World Order
“As Pacific Ocean nations, competition and cooperation between the two nations will create a new atmosphere—leading to the Birth of a ‘Pacific’ New World Order—that is more engaging and less confrontational; this can be characterized by the presence of force without war.”
Source: Peaceful War: How the Chinese Dream and the American Destiny Create a New Pacific World Order