Quotes About Beach

Elin Hilderbrand

Steps Beach has, quite possibly, the most beautiful approach of any beach in the world. You descend forty-three steps into sand dunes covered by rosa rugosa, which in the height of summer blooms with pink and white flowers. Dionis Beach is where Richie is found asleep in his car in this novel. In the book, I say that Dionis has public showers—this is fiction. It does not have showers.

It does, however, have bathrooms. South Shore Surfside Beach was my beach of choice for my first three summers. In fact, I don't think I went anywhere else. It's wide. There's plenty of space. It also has the Surfside Beach Shack. It's not an exaggeration to say that if I could, I would eat lunch at the Surfside Shack every day of the summer, and so would my kids. The food is delicious.

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if you want a terrific not-crowded beach, drive out to Miacomet Golf Course, but just before you reach the clubhouse, take a right onto the dirt road that leads past the big antenna.

Cliffside's lobby is one of the most spectacular spaces on the island. The hotel has twenty-three rooms (where you step out into sand), a pool and a fitness center, a small private café, and a private beach on Nantucket Sound. (The water is calm and good for swimming.) Cliffside is a splurge—if you can get in!

Jeeps; they were rugged vehicles). There were years when my kids climbed on my friends' cars (even better). Because you can drive onto it, Fortieth Pole is particularly good for evening beach barbecues with kids—the water is calm and warm, and you'll have a magnificent view of the sunset. Smith's Point is hands down my favorite beach because you can access both the waves of the ocean and the flat water of the sound. There's

you'll never forget. There is a guardhouse just before the Wauwinet Inn where you purchase your sticker. On your way home, you can pop into the Wauwinet's super-cute tiny bar for a drink. (Topper's, the restaurant, is exquisite but expensive, even by Nantucket standards.) There are some people who think driving on a beach is an abomination. I respect that—and so does Nantucket. Most beaches do not allow cars. Here are some of my favorite

get the "krabby patty" (crab, shrimp, and scallop patty) with avocado, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and their delicious sauce. My daughter gets acai bowls. The boys get the grilled chicken sandwich or burgers. It falls into my "can't miss" category if you're staying on Nantucket more than one day during the summer. However, there is often a line—you've been warned!

Nobadeer Beach: Party central. Are you twenty-five or younger? Go here. There is a walk-on section and a drive-on section. Both are filled with beautiful young people living their best lives. If you're walking on, please do not park on the road—you will get a ticket. Cisco: Do you surf or like to watch other people surf? Go here. The beach is much narrower than at Surfside and Nobadeer

Elin Hilderbrand

The sea broke over her bulk and foamed around his bare feet, drawing the sand from under his soles as if sucked by mouths.

it was as black as a raven's wing she'd once found on the beach.

Lighter things will happen to you, birds will steal your husband's sandwich on the beach, and your child will still be dead, and your husband's shock will still be funny.

Some people ask me what it's like to be forgiven, to feel grace. It's like walking on a long stretch of beach with nothing in sight but sky and waves and sand. With the sun piercing its brightness, the water tickling my toes, the roaring of the sea singing omniscience and power and yet, a deep peace, the waters changing from sandy brown to light green to a heavy blue, the waves cresting with the white peaks and then rushing to find my toes.

Now I am an outcast. I loathe my country. The best thing for me is a drunken sleep on the beach.

Había una luna terciada, decreciente, que esmerilaba el mar negro y plateado frente a la playa, entre los destellos del faro situado a la derecha y la parte alta de la ciudad vieja, débilmente iluminada, a la izquierda.

Montauk is a little more raw and rugged than the other parts of the Hamptons, and I like that.

Razor clams are large, oblong clams, although not as big as geoducks.

In Haiti, beach bodies are simply bodies, and beach reads are simply books, because the beach is all around you.

My grandpa and I, whenever we would go to Myrtle Beach, we couldn't wait to get there and have fried seafood.

If you're a beach person or a golfer, Key West is not for you. Most of the sand has been imported, and the water is shallow until you've waded far out, and all the way the sea floor is covered with yucky algae and sea grass.

The great thing about the Island is you've got room. You can go for a bike ride. We're 20 minutes to a beach, and you can get on the beach and go for a long walk.

I love Greece. It's really cool in the summer.