To me, the sea is like a person – like a child that I’ve known a long time. It sounds crazy, I know, but when I swim in the sea I talk to it. I never feel alone when I’m out there. –Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003, competition swimmer, Olympic champion)
Once Only Imagined
What is now proved was once only imagined. — William Blake (1757-1827)
The Most Beautiful World
The most beautiful world is always entered through imagination. — Helen Keller (1880-1968)
If not through My Imagination
How else would God speak to me, if not through my imagination? — Joan of Arc (1412-1431)
The Human Existence Itself
The imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself. — William Blake (1757-1827)
