219 Quotes About Vacation

  • Author Mark Kurlansky
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    Newlyn does not look like the Cornish towns on either side: Penzance and Mousehole. Those are resort towns where British vacationers practice that peculiarly British pastime of strolling the beaches and walkways, bundled in sweaters and mufflers. But Newlyn is a fishing town - or, increasingly, an out-of-work fishing town.

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  • Author Sarah Jio
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    And can we get a tarte normande, the kind you used to love as a little girl?"The mere mention has my mouth watering and my heart aching. I can almost taste the tarts my mother used to make, with apples from the trees in our garden, loads of freshly grated cinnamon, and a dollop of whipped cream on top."And can we look for treasure on the beach?""Yes, sweet child.""And can we throw rocks in the water and look for starfish in the tide pools?

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  • Author Thomm Quackenbush
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    At the first of the explosions, I was no longer seeing the fireworks, but as a superimposition of every time that I had sat on concrete and plastic and sand and wood and gazed at the sky the day before vacation ended. I lost this experience in how comingled it was with the past and with vague accounting of when next I would see fireworks.

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  • Author Joel Golby
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    America, you only get ten vacation days a year, but you also have a far healthier pancake culture inside of you, and I’m still weighing up whether that means you come out ahead or behind

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