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"Finished “Father Sergius”. Sometimes didactic, yet nevertheless poignant fable about living vicariously through the gaze of others." — Feb 17, 2018 09:13AM
"Finished “Father Sergius”. Sometimes didactic, yet nevertheless poignant fable about living vicariously through the gaze of others." — Feb 17, 2018 09:13AM
“Mr Suttree in what year did your greatuncle Jeffrey pass away?
It was in 1884.
Did he die by natural causes?
No sir.
And what were the circumstances surrounding his death?
He was taking part in a public function when the platform gave way.
Our information is that he was hanged for a homicide.”
― Suttree
It was in 1884.
Did he die by natural causes?
No sir.
And what were the circumstances surrounding his death?
He was taking part in a public function when the platform gave way.
Our information is that he was hanged for a homicide.”
― Suttree
“It was the old New York way of taking life "without effusion of blood": the way of people who dreaded scandal more than disease, who placed decency above courage, and who considered that nothing was more ill-bred than "scenes," except the behaviour of those who gave rise to them.”
― The Age of Innocence
― The Age of Innocence
“In your light I learn how to love. In your beauty, how to make poems. You dance inside my chest where no-one sees you, but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.”
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“They say there is a doorway from heart to heart, but what is the use of a door when there are no walls?”
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“The Chinese remind us that the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, yet they keep curiously silent about the step itself, which too often must be taken, as now, from inaccessible ground, if not indeed straight down into an unmeasured abyss.”
― Against the Day
― Against the Day
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