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“Two came here, Two flew off,— Butterflies. Chora3 In this verse, the ordinary poetical meaning is discarded; what remains is that dark flame of life that burns in all things. It is seen with the belly, not with the eye; with "bowels of compassion.”
― Zen and Zen Classics 1: From the Upanishads to Huineng
― Zen and Zen Classics 1: From the Upanishads to Huineng
“Women may show some discrimination about whom they sleep with, but they'll marry anybody.”
― A Dance to the Music of Time: 2nd Movement
― A Dance to the Music of Time: 2nd Movement
“We took a bus to Victoria, then passed on foot into a vast, desolate region of stucco streets and squares upon which a doom seemed to have fallen. The gloom was cosmic.”
― A Dance to the Music of Time: 2nd Movement
― A Dance to the Music of Time: 2nd Movement
“Later that night mutual approval took physical expression.”
― Temporary Kings
― Temporary Kings
“However much one hears about individuals, the picture formed in the mind rarely approximates to the reality. So it was with Mrs Maclintick. I was not prepared for her in the flesh. When she opened the door to us, her formidable discontent with life swept across the threshold in scorching, blasting waves.”
― A Dance to the Music of Time: 2nd Movement
― A Dance to the Music of Time: 2nd Movement
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