#coral

Cat," said Peterkin, turning his head a little on one side, "I love you. ↗

— R.M. Ballantyne

#ballantyne #the-coral-island #love

I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory three minutes was the first time I put on scuba gear and dived on a coral reef. It's just the unbelievable fact that you can move in three dimensions. ↗

— David Attenborough

#dimensions #fact #first #first time #gear

That includes not cutting down the rain forest, and stop polluting the ocean because once we kill the coral reefs and the rain forest, this earth is toast. ↗

— Michael Berryman

#coral #cutting #down #earth #forest

The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it! ↗

— Daniel Dennett

#brain #cling #coral #eats #finds

Ten percent of the big fish still remain. There are still some blue whales. There are still some krill in Antarctica. There are a few oysters in Chesapeake Bay. Half the coral reefs are still in pretty good shape, a jeweled belt around the middle of the planet. There's still time, but not a lot, to turn things around. ↗

— Sylvia Earle

#around #bay #belt #big #big fish

I was interested in variations in temperatures of the oceans over the past millennium. But there are no records of these changes so I had to find proxy measures: coral growth, ice cores and tree rings. ↗

— Michael E. Mann

#coral #find #growth #had #i

She stepped toward Anna. “I can get you a night with an accomplished male whore or a virginal schoolboy.” Coral’s eyes widened and seemed to flame. “Famous libertines or ragpickers off the street. One very special man or ten complete strangers. Dark men, red men, yellow men, men you’ve only dreamed of in the black of night, lonely in your bed, snug under your covers. Whatever you long for. Whatever you desire. Whatever you crave. You have only to ask me.” Anna stared at Coral like a mesmerized mouse before a particularly beautiful snake. ↗

— Elizabeth Hoyt

#coral #seductive #beauty

I was kidnapped by aliens, they came down from outer space with ray guns, but I fooled them by wearing a wig and laughing in a foreign accent, and I escaped. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#gaiman #neil #guns

We are small but we are many We are many we are small We were here before you rose We will be here when you fall ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#gaiman #lyrics #lyrics

I know Dr. Kennedy and I know Coral Ridge Ministries. I have no connection. ↗

— Roy Moore

#coral #dr #i #kennedy #know