It’s a marvelous thing, the ocean. For some reason when two people sit…

Banana Yoshimoto
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It’s a marvelous thing, the ocean. For some reason when two people sit together looking out at it, they stop caring whether they talk or stay silent. You never get tired of watching it. And no matter how rough the waves get, you’re never bothered by the noise the water makes by the commotion of the surface - it never seems too loud, or too wild. ✨ Banana Yoshimoto (2002). Goodbye Tsugumi, p.22, Grove Press
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