# Quote — R. D. Blackmore, Lorna Doone

> But during those two months of fog (for we had it all the winter), the saddest and the heaviest thing was to stand beside the sea. To be upon the beach yourself, and see the long waves coming in; to know that they are long waves, but only see a piece of them; and to hear them lifting roundly, swelling over smooth green rocks, plashing down in the hollow corners, but bearing on all the same as ever, soft and sleek and sorrowful, till their little noise is over.

- Author: [R. D. Blackmore](https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-d-blackmore.md)
- Book: [Lorna Doone](https://www.leafyquotes.com/r-d-blackmore/lorna-doone.md)
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