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Anna Iltnere November 21, 2019 Quote Quotes

Quote by Michel Foucault

In civilizations without boats, dreams dry up...

Michel Foucault

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"Although this was Jane's 'businesslike' rendition, with little room for aesthetics, the familiar phrases retained their lilting quality. It was roughly when Jane was revealing how Rockall should expect rain later, good becoming moderate, that I nearly fell off my chair in alarm. Suddenly, through the headphones, someone began calmly to describe how British men's tennis hopes had been scuppered again in some tournament somewhere. I sat bolt upright with a start. Jane must be getting this too, surely? Were there people at sea twiddling with their dials as rain lashed the wheelhouse window looking for weather news instead of how a skinny bloke with too many teeth can't hit a ball over a net properly? I didn't know how I'd done it but I knew this had to be my fault. I hadn't touched anything, I'd sat quietly in the corner, double- and triple-checking every thirty seconds that my phone really was switched off, yet somehow I had ruined the shipping forecast." PAGE 33* 🌊 🌊 🌊 #sea #library #sealibrary #charlieconnelly @chasconnelly #attentionallshipping #shippingforecast #journey #england #abacus #weather #sailor #fishermen #boats #yachts #ship #radio #nonfiction #bookstagram #books #borrow #read #page33
"I line up to the distant markers where cormorants perch. I've reached my limit. I turn back to the beach, scrabbling like a goose to find my depth once more. Naked on the sea wall, I give a little dance, singing to myself. If 'ecstasy' means to stand outside yourself, then I feel happier than I have ever been. Everything stripped away; everything renewed. Just me and the sea." PAGE 33* 🌊 🌊 🌊 #sea #library #sealibrary #philiphoare #theseainside #book #bookstagram #beach #swim #night #stars #journey #whales #suburbs #travel #wanderlust #happiness #nonfiction #borrow #read #4theastatebooks #page33
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