I had never liked, even feared a little, this wild reach of marsh and …

John Banville
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I had never liked, even feared a little, this wild reach of marsh and mud flats where everything seemed turned away from the land, looking off desperately toward the horizon as if in mute search for a sign of rescue. ✨ John Banville (2008). The Sea, p.112, Pan Macmillan
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I had never liked, even feared a little, this wild reach of marsh and mud flats where everything seemed turned away from the land, looking off desperately toward the horizon as if in mute search for a sign of rescue. ✨ John Banville (2008). The Sea, p.112, Pan Macmillan

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