“It rains
And rains
And rains.
But there is a sky above the rain,
Nothing can rot the sky.
Earth has turned to mud. What of it?
The heart of the planet is made of fire, of ardent sun.
(from "A Rainy Day")”
― The Condemned Apple: Selected Poetry
And rains
And rains.
But there is a sky above the rain,
Nothing can rot the sky.
Earth has turned to mud. What of it?
The heart of the planet is made of fire, of ardent sun.
(from "A Rainy Day")”
― The Condemned Apple: Selected Poetry
“If you do not seek to publish what you have written, then you are not a writer and you never will be.”
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“There is no such joy in the tavern as upon the road thereto.”
― Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
― Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West
“By day the hot sun fermented us; and we were dizzied by the beating wind. At night we were stained by dew, and shamed into pettiness by the innumerable silences of stars.”
― Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
― Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph
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