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You and I will never know if The Fountain of Youth exists. There is one simple reason for this. Revealing such a grand discovery would be foolish—and no fool is going to find it.
With just one billion dollars in the bank, a person could spend a thousand an hour for a hundred years and still have a fortune left over.
But afterward, the objections had evaporated faster than margarita ice in the Florida sun.
Gret use of metaphor
acidulous
Great word
amuse-bouche.”
“The ocean is also beautiful, but very different. It’s wilder. Uncontained. With oceans, you get the full range of emotions, whereas this,” she gestured, “must always feel serene.”
She resolved then and there to make the coming months a celebration. Treat this time like an adventure rather than a retreat. If she thought about it, the only thing she was walking away from was familiarity. That wasn’t such a big deal, if you had the right frame of mind. If you concentrated on what you were gaining, rather than what you were losing. Immigrants did it all the time.
