The Sea And The Man

Portrait of Anna Swir
Anna Swir 1909–1984

You will not tame this sea either by humility or rapture. But you can laugh in its face.

Laughter was invented by those who live briefly as a burst of laughter.

The eternal sea will never learn to laugh.

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