“[London is] like the sight of a heavy sea from a rowing boat in the middle of the Atlantic.... One lives in it, afloat but half submerged in a heavy flood of brick, stone, asphalt, slate, steel, glass, concrete, and tarmac, seeing nothing fixable beyond a few score white spires that splash up like spits of foam above the next glum wave of dirty buildings.” NextWhiteHalfSeeingSeaMiddleBuildingStonesSightGlassesWaveHeavyLondonBoatDirtyScoreConcreteFloodSteelBricksSpitRowingSlateFoamSubmergedSpiresAsphalt Book:Mr. Beluncle: A Novel Source: Mr. Beluncle: A Novel
“It has never occurred to me before, but this is truly how it is: all of us on earth walk constantly over a seething, scarlet sea of flame, hidden below, in the belly of the earth. We never think of it. But what if the thin crust under our feet should turn into glass and we should suddenly see?” IfsThinkingShouldEarthTurnsWalksSeaFeetGlassesFlamesWhat IfBellyScarletSeething Author:Yevgeny Zamyatin
“I went into the house. I put on Jimi Hendrix's 'Red House' at full volume, filled the glass to the brim with rum, without ice, and went back to the terrace. To gaze at the night and the dark sea and the night.” NightHouseDarkSeaRedFilledGlassesIceVolumeHendrixRumTerrace Author:Pedro
“Generation on generation, your neck rubbed the windowsill of the stall, smoothing the wood as the sea smooths glass.” GenerationsSeaHorseGlassesWoodsNecksSmooth Book:Old and New Poems: Donald Hall Source: Old and New Poems: Donald Hall
“Industrial vomit...fills our skies and seas. Pesticides and herbicides filter into our foods. Twisted automobile carcasses, aluminum cans, non-returnable glass bottles and synthetic plastics form immense middens in our midst as more and more of our detritus resists decay. We do not even begin to know what to do with our radioactive wastes - whether to pump them into the earth, shoot them into outer space, or pour them into the oceans. Our technological powers increase, but the side effects and potential hazards also escalate.” KnowsEarthFormSidesSpaceSeaSkyEffectsWasteOceanIncreaseEnvironmentalGlassesMidstBottlesPlasticPollutionDecayImmenseTechnologicalTwistedAutomobileHazardsFiltersPumpsOuter SpaceSide EffectsSyntheticPesticidesAluminumHerbicidesRadioactive WasteAluminum Cans Author:Alvin Toffler
“Suppose that you could mark the molecules in a glass of water; then pour the contents of the glass into the ocean and stir the latter throughly so as to distribute the marked molecules uniformly throughout the seven seas; if then you took a glass of water anywhere out of the ocean, you would find in it about a hundred of your marked molecules.” IfsWaterSeaOceanHundredMarkSevenGlassesLatterMoleculesIf Then Author:Lord Kelvin
“Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.” SunSeaGlassesGloriousSpheresReflecting Author:Brigham Young
“Long ago, men went to sea, and women waited for them, standing on the edge of the water, scanning the horizon for the tiny ship. Now I wait for Henry. He vanishes unwillingly, without warning. I wait for him. Each moment that I wait feels like a year, an eternity. Each moment is as slow and transparent as glass. Through each moment I can see infinite moments lined up, waiting. Why has he gone where I cannot follow?” MenFeelsYearsLongI CanMomentsWaitingWaterGoneSeaStandingEternityInfiniteGlassesEdgesTinyShipsHorizonWarningLong AgoTransparentWait For HimScanningStanding On The Edge Book:The Time Traveler's Wife Source: The Time Traveler's Wife
“Monsieur' to a convict is a glass of water to a man dying of thirst at sea; ignominy thirsts for respect.” MenWaterSeaDyingGlassesThirstConvictsIgnominy Book:Les Mis??rables Source: Les Mis??rables