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(page 28 of 1088)
"Does this mean they think I’m gifted?’
SPFFFT. ‘Here you are. Drink up.’
‘Thanks. SHULGSHULGSPAHHH . . . Whew. Ah.’
‘You were thirsty.’
‘So then if I sit down you’ll fill me in.’" — 4 hours, 58 min ago
"Does this mean they think I’m gifted?’
SPFFFT. ‘Here you are. Drink up.’
‘Thanks. SHULGSHULGSPAHHH . . . Whew. Ah.’
‘You were thirsty.’
‘So then if I sit down you’ll fill me in.’" — 4 hours, 58 min ago
progress:
(page 46 of 256)
"and as to all the mysteries of Providence, they made them rather the object of their wonder, than their curiosity; and therefore were not so presumptuous as to dive into the depths of nature, to labour for the solving all phenomena in astronomy, or to wrack their brains in the splitting of entities, and unfolding the nicest speculations, judging it a crime .. to aim at what is put beyond the reach of .. apprehension." — Jul 16, 2026 12:44PM
"and as to all the mysteries of Providence, they made them rather the object of their wonder, than their curiosity; and therefore were not so presumptuous as to dive into the depths of nature, to labour for the solving all phenomena in astronomy, or to wrack their brains in the splitting of entities, and unfolding the nicest speculations, judging it a crime .. to aim at what is put beyond the reach of .. apprehension." — Jul 16, 2026 12:44PM
Mark André said:
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Only after you have read Dubliners & Portrait & Ulysses a half a dozen times each, and your mind still demands more Joyce, are you ready to read Finnegans Wake.
"
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(page 114 of 628)
"These ruled barriers along which the traced words, run, march, halt, walk, stumble at doubtful points, stumble up again in compeirative safety seem to have been drawn first of all in a pretty checker with lampblack and blackthorn. Such crossing is antechristian of course, but the use of the homeborn shillelagh as an aid to calligraphy shows a distinct advance from savagery to barbarism." — Aug 03, 2026 08:04AM
"These ruled barriers along which the traced words, run, march, halt, walk, stumble at doubtful points, stumble up again in compeirative safety seem to have been drawn first of all in a pretty checker with lampblack and blackthorn. Such crossing is antechristian of course, but the use of the homeborn shillelagh as an aid to calligraphy shows a distinct advance from savagery to barbarism." — Aug 03, 2026 08:04AM
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“ To the one who shares her purity, reveals her wonder, and touches the moon in her dreams.”
― The Book of Tao
― The Book of Tao
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― If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
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― If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
― If on a Winter's Night a Traveler
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