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I think the first line “Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board” in the book //Their Eyes Were Watching God// means that everyone has hopes and dreams that are just too far away, so they have to try harder and harder to reach them. Also, sometimes people can’t always make their wishes come true if they are too far away, unless they continuously work at making them come true. After reading the first chapter in //Their Eyes Were Watching God// I still think that the first line “Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board” means basically the same as what I originally thought. After I read the chapter, I believe that this quote means that everyone has dreams/wishes that they have to reach for whether it takes a long time for them to come true, or if they become true in a shorter amount of time.