Everyone who’s born has come from the sea. Your mother’s womb is just a sea in small. And birds come of seas on eggs. Horses lie in the sea before they’re born. The placenta is the sea. Your blood is the sea continued in your veins. We are the ocean — walking on the land.
Interpretation
This quote reflects the idea that all life is interconnected and originates from the sea.
Timothy Findley's quote emphasizes the deep connection between humanity and the ocean, illustrating that all life stems from the sea in various forms. He uses the metaphor of the sea to signify the shared origin and the fundamental nature of life, suggesting that our existence is intertwined with the primal forces of nature.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about environmental conservation to emphasize our connection to nature.
This wasn't the sea of the inexorable horizon and smashing waves, not the sea of distance and violence, but the sea of the etenally leveling patience and wetness of water. Whether it comes to you in a storm or in a cup, it owns you--we are more water than dust. It is our origin and our destination.
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