Quotes About Receding

The first thing you see, directly in front of you, is a dim-lit tunnel receding deep under the island. The tunnel is paved with tiny glass beads of light, one for each of the two hundred thousand deportees. On the end wall of the tunnel is a bright light, almost a searchlight, which I've been told is intended to represent hope. But it

The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.