WHEN ONE HAS BEEN LONG AT SEA .... QUOTED FROM JOHN STEINBECK

"WHEN ONE HAS LONG BEEN AT SEA, THE SMELL OF LAND REACHES FAR OUT TO GREET ONE.  AND THE SAME IS TRUE WHEN ONE HAS BEEN LONG INLAND."

from Travels With Charley: In Search Of America, a book about his 1960 road trip with his dog.