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Love comes into your being like a tidal wave ... sometimes it withdraws like a wave, till there isn't such a thing as a pool left, and every bit of your heart is as dry as seaweed beyond the wave's reach.

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Phyllis Bottome
Age: 81 †
Born: 1882
Born: May 31
Died: 1963
Died: August 22
Author
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Writer
Phyllis Forbes Dennis
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Bits
Tidal
Comes
Seaweed
Left
Dry
Sometimes
Pool
Heart
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Thing
Wave
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Reach
Love
Beyond
Withdraws

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