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“Somewhere over the darkened curve of the world the sun and moon were pulling, and the film of water on the earth planet was held, bulging slightly on one side while the solid core turned. The great wave of the tide moved farther along the island and the water lifted.”

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“The half-shut eyes were dim with the infinite cynicism of adult life. They assured Simon that everything was a bad business.”

“Roger’s arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins.”

“The first rhythm that they became used to was the slow swing from dawn to quick dusk. They accepted the pleasures of morning, the bright sun, the whelming sea and sweet air, as a time when play was good and life so full that hope was not necessary and therefore forgotten.”