The Sea Is Not A Bargain Basement.

No Aquarium, No Tank In A Marine Land, However Spacious It May Be, Can Begin To Duplicate The Conditions Of The Sea. And No Dolphin Who Inhabits One Of Those Aquariums Or One Of Those Marine Lands Can Be Considered Normal.

Through The Window Of My Mask I See A Wall Of Coral, Its Surface A Living Kaleidoscope Of Lilac Flecks, Splashes Of Gold, Reddish Streaks And Yellows, All Tinged By The Familiar Transparent Blue Of The Sea.

I Was Playing When I Invented The Aqualung. I Think Play Is The Most Serious Thing In The World.

We Forget That The Water Cycle And The Life Cycle Are One.

Sometimes We Are Lucky Enough To Know That Our Lives Have Been Changed, To Discard The Old, Embrace The New, And Run Headlong Down An Immutable Course