Carolina QuotesEven if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean, the ocean touches you with every breath you take, every drop of water you drink, every bite you consume. Everyone, everywhere is inextricably connected to and utterly dependent upon the existence of the sea.
Sylvia A. Earle Connected to the Carolinas
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- The World Is Blue: How Our Fate and the Ocean's Are One (2009)
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- 2009
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“Even if you never have the chance to see or touch the ocean,…” Sylvia A. Earle. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-F01B9F4E1E. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/f01b9f4e1e
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