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"Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow."

Richard Burton, Welsh Actor

Islands, Sea, Wishing

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"Little islands are all large prisons: one cannot look at the sea without wishing for the wings of a swallow."

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