The Earth is a unique system in the universe, the only planet we know of that's hospitable for humankind.

With every drop of water you drink, every breath you take, you're connected to the sea. No matter where on Earth you live.

We need to respect the oceans and take care of them as if our lives depended on it. Because they do.

The oceans deserve our respect and care, but you have to know something before you can care about it.

Our past, our present, and whatever remains of our future, absolutely depend on what we do now.

No water, no life. No blue, no green.

Sharks are beautiful animals, and if you're lucky enough to see lots of them, that means that you're in a healthy ocean. You should be afraid if you are in the ocean and don't see sharks.

Every time I slip into the ocean, it's like going home.

Far and away, the greatest threat to the ocean, and thus to ourselves, is ignorance. But we can do something about that.

I have lots of heroes: anyone and everyone who does whatever they can to leave the natural world better than they found it.

If the sea is sick, we'll feel it. If it dies, we die. Our future and the state of the oceans are one.

Something about the joy and pain of that moment, something about the excruciating contrast, made me feel that no matter what happens now, my life has been worth it. What a ride.

How could I insist on equality when I was unwilling to do what life demanded to be equal?

It is the heart always that sees before the head can see.

I would rather stand alone in the light of truth than in the crowd filled with error.

The writer has to take risks and go somewhere full of mystery and possibility for the novel to deepen over the years it takes to write it.

There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you.

Whether I shall be unfortunate depends also on others; whether I shall be unhappy depends only on myself.

Poverty is one of them kind of misfortunes that we all of us dread but none of us pity.

I am not a robot. I have a heart and I bleed.