Jacques Cousteau
He had the soul of a poet, the curiosity of a toddler with a submarine, and the wardrobe of a minimalist sailor who never left port without his signature red beanie. And it was he who made scuba diving look like a poetic stroll through Atlantis, even though a dangerous adventure.
#quotes
"I said that the oceans were sick but they're not going to die. There is no death possible in the oceans – there will always be life – but they're getting sicker every year."
#whatif
...Poseidon had a publicist?
It would've been Cousteau – just with better narration and more gadgets.🌊
#whatif
...the car accident never happened?
He would make it to the skies instead of the sea,
zip through clouds instead of coral reefs, and probably
have fewer chances to survive long enough to be the Jacques Cousteau we know – those were the times of the WWII.🪸
@book
No Summer, No Money, Big Dreams
How are bicycles and milk chocolate related? Why would they hardly appear if not for a volcano eruption somewhere in Indonesia? Were they three men in a boat or on a bike, and what was the life plan of the man who told their story?