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She watched the gap between ship and shore grow to a huge gulf. Perhaps this was a little like dying, the departed no longer visible to the others, yet both still existed, only in different worlds.

Susan Wiggs (2016). “Susan Wiggs The Calhoun Chronicles Books 1-3: The Charm School\The Horsemaster's Daughter\Halfway to Heaven”, p.70, MIRA
She watched the gap between ship and shore grow to a huge gulf. Perhaps this was a little like dying, the departed no longer visible to the others, yet both still existed, only in different worlds.