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A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

In the case of 'Ocean at the End of the Lane,' it's a book about helplessness. It's a book about family, it's a book about being 7 in a world of people who are bigger than you, and more dangerous, and stepping into territory that you don't entirely understand.

Someone asked me, if I were stranded on a desert island what book would I bring... 'How to Build a Boat.'

It is true what Rimbaud said; If you think a book is strong enough, try it at the ocean, in the wind, at the waves. If the book can resist the ocean, then it exists. Otherwise, throw it away.

This book that I just wrote is going to be coming out very soon to Australia.

The frozen ocean... of Boston life.

It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one.

If you listen to our work, from 'Led Zeppelin I' to 'Coda,' it's just a fantastic textbook.

Today our books are numberless, and one man cannot master them in a lifetime. Now that the sea-waves are dashing upon our shores, unless we keep pace with the times and acquire Western learning, we shall be left in the lurch.

But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.