“Very slowly, he turned a full circle, taking in the nothingness of it all. It seemed his lungs could never be large enough to breathe in this much air, his eyes could never see this much space, nor could he near the full extent of the rolling, roaring ocean. For the briefest moment, he had no edges.”
― The Light Between Oceans
― The Light Between Oceans
“I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.”
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“Romance takes place in the middle distance. Romance is looking in at yourself through a window clouded with dew. Romance means leaving things out: where life grunts and shuffles, romance only sighs.”
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“The mundane and the sacred are one and the same.”
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