“The tide was still on the ebb in that complex swell and fall of water against land, as though a great heart in the centre of the earth beat but twice a day.”
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“Time is more complex near the sea than in any other place, for in addition to the circling of the sun and the turning of the seasons, the waves beat out the passage of time on the rocks and the tides rise and fall as a great clepsydra.”
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“My heart shifted a little in my chest; it seemed to swell and beat against my bones until I couldn't hear.”
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“The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide. ”