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There must be some other possibility than death or lifelong penance ... some meeting, some intersection of lines; and some cowardly, hopeful geometer in my brain tells me it is the angle at which two lines prop each other up, the leaning-together from the vertical which produces the false arch. For lack of a keystone, the false arch may be as much as one can expect in this life. Only the very lucky discover the keystone.
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― Angle of Repose
― Angle of Repose
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[Marriage] happens as with cages: the birds without despair to get in, and those within despair of getting out.
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― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays