"But the clouds in the distance reminded him of his ignorance. How he wanted to sail across the Tyrrhenian Sea again; how he wanted to mount his horse and set off for the walls of Avila in the distance; how he wanted to brave the dazzling sun of the Aegean Sea. To some temple in Greece." -John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman
I didn't think of this sentence when I was at the Greek temple on the Aegean Sea, but when I saw Guernsey I did.
Will I ever find my own Guernsey, or Faroe, or Matlock, or a book club one day in my life?
It's a pity that the ending was successful because of money, so this is still a fairy tale.
"Contended with little, yet wishing for more." - Charles Lamb
The first half of the sentence can never be done well.
PS. Can a sweet gay honey like Mr. Goody give me one too? PS. At the beginning, the protagonist of the writer lost his inspiration due to the war PTSD, and then went to the island, feeling a bit like Goodbye, Christopher Robin, and finally found that the poem read by the little angel Kit at the end was actually written by Milne, and felt hit. "When I was one, I had just begun. When I was two, I was nearly new. When I was three, I was hardly me. When I was four, I was not much more. When I was five, I was just alive. But now I am six, I'm as clever as clever. So I think I'll be six, till forever and ever." -AA Milne "Now We Are Six"
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