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Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.

One time on a dive, I wound up drifting up in darkness surrounded by billions of photoluminescent creatures. It was a religious experience, one only a poet could do justice to.

The world at night, for much of history, was a very dark place indeed.

The sea is only the embodiment of a supernatural and wonderful existence.

Can ye fathom the ocean, dark and deep, where the mighty waves and the grandeur sweep?

In the beginning there was nothing and God said 'Let there be light', and there was still nothing but everybody could see it.

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own.

In the beginning there was nothing. God said, 'Let there be light!' And there was light. There was still nothing, but you could see it a whole lot better.

The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work.