Suddenly it lay before us, restless, mighty and unending.

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The sea came towards us like an immense silver sail.
Long before we reached it we could detect its salt breath;
the horizon became ever brighter and more distant,
and suddenly it lay before us, restless, mighty and unending.

~ Erich Maria Remarque, from Three Comrades


Notes: Prose – the distance between two doors. Photo: Shae Fierce

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