Even now; with a thousand little voyages notched in my belt. I still feel a memorial chill on casting off.
E. B. WhiteHumour plays close to the big, hot fire, which is the truth, and the reader feels the heat.
E. B. WhiteNauseous. Nauseated. The first means "sickening to contemplate"; the second means "sick at the stomach." Do not, therefore, say "I feel nauseous," unless you are sure you have that effect on others.
E. B. White