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“There’s a magic in the distance, where the sea-line meets the sky.”

Lines Magic Sea Sky Distance

Book:Ballads and Poems

Source: Ballads and Poems

“At night I sit in my chamber and read the bible. Far in the distance roars the sea. Then I lie down and think for a long time about the calm and pale man from Nazareth.”

Thinking Men Long Lying Night Sea Long Time Down And Distance Calm Pale Chamber Nazareth

Author:Joseph Goebbels

“We may produce at will, from a sending station. an electrical effect in any particular region of the globe; we may determine the relative position or course of a moving object, such as a vessel at sea, the distance traversed by the same, or its speed.”

May Moving Courses Sea Effects Position Objects Produce Particular Distance Determine Speed Regions Stations Relative Globes Vessel Electrical

Book:My Inventions: And Other Writings

Source: My Inventions: And Other Writings

“I have figured for you the distance between the horns of a dilemma, night and day, and A and Z. I have computed how far is Up, how long it takes to get Away, and what becomes of Gone. I have discovered the length of the sea serpent, the price of priceless, and the square of the hippopotamus. I know where you are when you are at Sixes and Sevens, how much Is you have to have to make an Are, and how many birds you can catch with the salt in the ocean - 187,796,132, if it would interest you.”

Ifs Knows Long Night Interest Gone Sea Ocean Bird Distance Get Away Length Where You Are Squares Salt Horns Dilemma Priceless Serpent Hippopotamus

Book:Many Moons

Source: Many Moons

“All things of the sea belong to Venus; pearls and shells and alchemists' gold and kelp and the riggish smell of neap tides, the inshore green, and purple further out and the joy of distances and the roar of falling masonry, all these are hers, but she doesn't come out of the sea for all of us.”

Joy Fall Sea All Things Gold Green Distance Smell Tides Shells Pearls Purple Alchemist Venus Masonry

Book:John Cheever: Complete Novels

Source: John Cheever: Complete Novels

“I swam at school a lot. Long-distance swimming in pools, and diving, then when we moved to Hastings when I was 13 I used to swim in the sea all the time; I loved it out of season and when it was rough.”

Long School Used Sea Seasons Moved Distance Rough Swim Swimming Pool Long Distance Diving I Love Swimming

Author:Jo Brand