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He heard the sound of the waves striking the shore, and it was as though the surging of his young blood was keeping time with the movement of the sea’s great tides. It was doubtless because nature itself satisfied his need that Shinji felt
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“When a picture is removed from the wall where it has long hung, it leaves a fresh whiteness the exact size and shape of the frame.”
― The Temple of Dawn: The Sea of Fertility, 3
― The Temple of Dawn: The Sea of Fertility, 3
“He was speaking today on Daniel in the lion’s den, and he had come up with a phrase he liked, though he was aware of his own vanity in liking it, and he was repeating this phrase—“and did Daniel, in understanding his own sin, seek to be devoured”—”
― The End of Drum-Time
― The End of Drum-Time
“Since she seemed upset, I gave her some chartreuse and let her sleep.”
― The Temple of Dawn: The Sea of Fertility, 3
― The Temple of Dawn: The Sea of Fertility, 3
“Honda knew nothing of her past, but she seemed like a sad bit of fruit pickled in the vinegar of grief.”
― The Temple of Dawn: The Sea of Fertility, 3
― The Temple of Dawn: The Sea of Fertility, 3
“You must make a friend of horror. The phrase, ad-libbed by a problematic star from a vanished era of cinema classics, came from a Vietnam war movie, but it was true anywhere and Germany was the place where Brando’s words became inescapable to me.”
― The Haunted Screen
― The Haunted Screen
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