I grew up with the sea and poverty for me was sump­tuous; then I lost the sea and found all luxuries gray and poverty unbearable.[J’ai grandi dans la mer et la pauvreté m’a été fastueuse, puis j’ai perdu la mer, tous les luxes alors m’ont paru gris, la misère intolérable.]

Source:Lyrical and critical essays (1968), Part I. Lyrical Essays, Chapter III. Summer (1954), Section 8. The Sea Close By, Page 172
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