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1 " The ocean is a dangerous place, but it’s also a place you can still go and have to yourself, a place that’s clean and, yes, wild. If you go into the ocean you’re making a choice. You need to know you can drown, you can get lost, or you can be eaten by great beasts. "
― David Helvarg , Saved by the Sea: Hope, Heartbreak, and Wonder in the Blue World
2 " California today is responsible for more than 40 percent of the nation’s seagoing trade. That’s why you can’t talk about California without talking about its ports, as we will. "
― David Helvarg , The Golden Shore: California's Love Affair with the Sea