#surf

Balls should be good for at least six sets, and for more for the average player. But if the rallies are long, they do not last as long as this. There is a fuzz on the surface that wears off on the hard court. ↗

— Helen Wills Moody

#balls #court #fuzz #good #hard

You never really know what's coming. A small wave, or maybe a big one. All you can really do is hope that when it comes, you can surf over it, instead of drown in its monstrosity. ↗

— Alysha Speer

#coping #drown #enduring #free #hope

It was all balance. But then, she already knew that from surfing. ↗

— Eve Babitz

#life #surfing #life

C’est le surf qui m’a appris à ne pas lutter contre la force de la nature. Quelle que soit la violence des vagues qu’on doit affronter. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#nature

The removal of an electron from the surface of an atom - that is, the ionization of the atom - means a fundamental structural change in its surface layer. ↗

— Johannes Stark

#change #electron #fundamental #ionization #layer

Height, width, and depth are the three phenomena which I must transfer into one plane to form the abstract surface of the picture, and thus to protect myself from the infinity of space. ↗

— Max Beckmann

#depth #form #height #i #infinity

We expect to keep our writing sessions going until late spring, then to play some new material in a few secret club dates. The record will likely take a long time and may not surface until 1999! ↗

— Adrian Belew

#dates #expect #few #going #keep

I admit that Post-it note sheets that adhere to virtually any surface are now my substitute of choice for retention. ↗

— Candice Bergen

#admit #any #choice #i #note

It is quite true - in fact, obvious on the surface - that the vast majority of dramatic shows and comedies, as well, advocate a liberal and humanistic and relativistic lifestyle and concept. ↗

— Pat Boone

#comedies #concept #dramatic #fact #humanistic

If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#idea #illustrating #near #novel #simply