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“Or the man for whom the word volt is named, Alessandro Volta of Como, called il mago benefico by his neighbors, the good magician, who was born, as he said, poorer than poor on the shores of Lake Como, and did not speak for four years, his first word being, as all readers with children will guess, a vehement no!, but eventually he spoke six languages fluently, and would become so absorbed by a problem that he would not eat or sleep for days at a time, especially when riveted by electrical matters, which fascinated him utterly, including such electrical matters as the passage of electricity through muscle, which is what happens inside the heart, which is an astounding muscle lit and livid with electricity.”
― Wet Engine: Exploring the Mad Wild Miracle of the Heart
― Wet Engine: Exploring the Mad Wild Miracle of the Heart
“A saint was a lover; he was in love with God. A true lover was happiest when talking to the beloved, and next to that, when he could talk about the beloved. Whatever he did, said, or thought would always encompass the beloved or be encompassed by the beloved. Lesser men were like the moon, reflecting the divine fire as light, but the lover, the saint, was like the sun, lit up by the divine fire, burning and yet not consumed. It was the light of that fire that made the monastery what it was, a radiant place full of happy expectation. Only the best could live here all the time. He could not. I wish I could die here though, he thought.”
― Citadel of God: A Novel about Saint Benedict
― Citadel of God: A Novel about Saint Benedict
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