Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refugees of a long war.

Along the beach I never collected shells from my father's shore.

Concealing an illness is like keeping a beach ball under water.

I love L.A. for the beach and stuff, that's the reason I live here.

Many Italian men are disposed to make love at the drop of a hat, anywhere, in a car, on a beach, behind a bush, on mountain summits, under water, or even in a bed, during the day or at night.