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“...instead of finishing up, he'd gone around to the south side and begun to scrape, an activity more in harmony with his mood. It felt far more satisfying to be peeling something away creating ugliness before restoring beauty.”
― Empire Falls
― Empire Falls
“Fuckin' inconsiderate; excuse my english.”
― The Madness of Crowds
― The Madness of Crowds
“The Veteran
When I was young and bold and strong,
Oh, right was right, and wrong was wrong!
My plume on high, my flag unfurled,
I rode away to right the world.
“Come out, you dogs, and fight!” said I,
And wept there was but once to die.
But I am old; and good and bad
Are woven in a crazy plaid.
I sit and say, “The world is so;
And he is wise who lets it go.
A battle lost, a battle won-
The difference is small, my son.”
Inertia rides and riddles me;
The which is called Philosophy.”
―
When I was young and bold and strong,
Oh, right was right, and wrong was wrong!
My plume on high, my flag unfurled,
I rode away to right the world.
“Come out, you dogs, and fight!” said I,
And wept there was but once to die.
But I am old; and good and bad
Are woven in a crazy plaid.
I sit and say, “The world is so;
And he is wise who lets it go.
A battle lost, a battle won-
The difference is small, my son.”
Inertia rides and riddles me;
The which is called Philosophy.”
―
“The idea of suggesting that Strike stop lying to the women in his life occurred only to be dismissed, on the basis that the resolutions to stop smoking, lose weight and exercise were enough personal improvement to be getting on with.”
― The Ink Black Heart
― The Ink Black Heart
“I ignored the evidence before me and held him in the Light, pictured him glowing with the Divine that still existed in him. And he changed over those minutes, a falling away of the layers of not-God, not-love, of man-made cover, of an ego's false protections. Then he was weeping. Silently shaking as tears spilled onto his cheeks.
We sat until he was still. We sat awhile longer. I stood and waited a few minutes more. Then I opened my arms.
He hesitated but came to me, and I held the Divine that he still contained, and I held the man with all his lesions, and I held myself for being there, reaching out, even as the not-God in me roared with an ache to inflict grievous harm on this man, to make him feel all he had inflicted on others.
When I had given everything I could, I pulled away. I left him before the not-love in me reared up, before it suffocated that of the Divine.”
― What Comes After
We sat until he was still. We sat awhile longer. I stood and waited a few minutes more. Then I opened my arms.
He hesitated but came to me, and I held the Divine that he still contained, and I held the man with all his lesions, and I held myself for being there, reaching out, even as the not-God in me roared with an ache to inflict grievous harm on this man, to make him feel all he had inflicted on others.
When I had given everything I could, I pulled away. I left him before the not-love in me reared up, before it suffocated that of the Divine.”
― What Comes After
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