[The sea] is the healer and the reviver, it cleanses the cavities of self-disgust and melancholy, of sloth and negation with the salt solution of life. It cures the lethargies of flesh and spirit with the slap and shake of elemental force. It cradles and comforts. Give it trust and it holds you secure; fight it and it kills.
Marya MannesIt is television's primary damage that it provides ten million children with the same fantasy, ready-made and on a platter.
Marya Mannesthe incredible new medical technology has made it possible for highly disciplined teams of surgeons ... to keep stricken organisms alive even if the brain is irretrievably damaged or lung and heart incapable of functioning without mechanical help. Now it is not dust to dust, but human to vegetable.
Marya MannesThe sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason.
Marya Mannes