Time occupies my mind spaciously, and yet I’d never thought of it like this.  Is it true?  Think about your past, and whether you can divorce the recollection of time from the place where you experienced it.

‘You can’t remember time, only the places in which time occurred.’

See also the quote rich mosaic review of this magnificent, entrancing book: a love letter to islands and a paean to the sea. 

Source: Adam Nicolson, Sea Room: An Island Life (London: Harper Collins, 2013 (2002)), p. 254

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