“This way is left, but which way is right. Oh, now I'll be circling in circles all night. Oh, so this is forward, no problem. I can't believe I can do this and more; to swim in the sea, like I walk on the shore. Out of my shell, not closed up like a clam. God see, this is me, here I am…”

“For a moment, I can shine. Get a grin and a fin that works fine. My fingers are wrinkly, I really don't care, if all of my curls have curled out of my hair. For a moment, I can feel all the dreams I'd been dreaming are real. Wish my mother could hear it, the sea is my song. For a moment, just a moment, I belong.”

- Melody (Disney’s The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea, 2000)

“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has lost its taste (purpose), how can it be made salty? It is no longer good for anything, ...