A Quote by Berlie Doherty

The sea was at the bottom of my road, and I seemed to spend my childhood in it or on it, hearing, tasting, smelling it. Now, still, I need to be near water as often as possible.

Berlie Doherty

Quote Topics

Bottom Childhood Hearing Near Need Now Often Possible Road Sea Seemed Spend Still Tasting Water

Quote Author

Berlie Doherty
English - Novelist
Born: November 6, 1943

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