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“At 53, she was through with the foolishness of men's genitals. In fact, it had been many years since she had cared what hairy things dangled between their pale, scrawny legs. She now considered the fact that she had ever cared a kind of temporary lunacy and was thankful that her madness had been short lived, not terribly virulent and ultimately cured by marriage as God intended.”
― Empire Falls
― Empire Falls
“The truth is not always pretty, but beauty is born when you absorb and accept the truth and keep going.”
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“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.”
―
“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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