“I miss you. I love you. There’s no second I’ve lived you can’t call your own.”
― House of Leaves
― House of Leaves
“ In 1658, Francis Andrew Ransome stole the Alchemy Scroll from St. Julian’s college, my present employer. Ransome was a member of a transatlantic group called The Invisible College. They were alchemists, meaning they worked with matter and spirit together.”
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
― The Alchemy Fire Murder
“In 1930 the price of cotton dropped. And so, in the spring of 1931, Papa set out looking for work, going as far north as Memphis and as far south as the Delta country. He had gone west too, into Louisiana. It was there he found work laying track for the railroad. He worked the remainder of the year away from us, not returning until the deep winter when the ground was cold and barren. The following spring after the planting was finished, he did the same. Now it was 1933, and Papa was again in Louisiana laying track. I”
― Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
― Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
“Still I chase the wind
and float as a gentle breeze
up among the stars
then descending
as a bird down amidst the trees.”
― Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance
and float as a gentle breeze
up among the stars
then descending
as a bird down amidst the trees.”
― Whisk Of Dust: Too Unseen Distance
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