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In the dim glow of the moon and a nearby streetlight, his face looked ravaged and haglike. He was like a stranger to me then. He was off walking in whatever cold places of the universe a fun-loving God reserves for people like him.
In the dim glow of the moon and a nearby streetlight, his face looked ravaged and haglike. He was like a stranger to me then. He was off walking in whatever cold places of the universe a fun-loving God reserves for people like him.
“Here is the essence of Cather's far-reaching humanism: a reverence for the barbarous existence by beauty making civilization. Wherever humanity has made the hardest of all starts and lifted itself out of brutality, is a sacred spot. (refers to places like Mesa Cliff Dwellings in Colorado)”
― Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather
― Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather
“The true dwellers help you embrace
the darkness in yourself and wield it at will.
It is never belittling but empowering.”
― Born A Free Spirit
the darkness in yourself and wield it at will.
It is never belittling but empowering.”
― Born A Free Spirit
“From the beginning, Scholem made clear that Kabbalah is a writer's mysticism.”
― Stranger in a Strange Land: Searching for Gershom Scholem and Jerusalem
― Stranger in a Strange Land: Searching for Gershom Scholem and Jerusalem
“The tree of which we are branches on, makes choices yesterday, by the choices we make today.”
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
― San Mateo: Proof of The Divine
“She was one of those people who was stingy without motive or reason even when they gain nothing from it. - Willa Cather”
― Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather
― Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather
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