Time is more complex near the sea than in any other place, for in addi…

John Steinbeck
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Time is more complex near the sea than in any other place, for in addition to the circling of the sun and the turning of the seasons, the waves beat out the passage of time on the rocks and the tides rise and fall as a great clepsydra. ✨ John Steinbeck (1997). Tortilla Flat, p.107, Penguin
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