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“We have only one story. All novels, all poetry, are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. And it occurs to me that evil must constantly respawn, while good, while virtue is immortal. Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else
In the world is.”
— Apr 20, 2026 10:48AM
In the world is.”
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Lorna
is on page 589 of 601
“It’s a pleasant little stream that gurgles through the Alisal against the Gabilan Mountains on the east of the Salinas Valley. The water bumbles over round stones and washes the polished roots of the trees that hold it in. The smell of azaleas and the sleepy smell of sun working with chlorophyll filled the air.”
— Apr 22, 2026 12:07PM
Lorna
is on page 119 of 601
“Suddenly he knew joy and sorrow felted into one fabric. Courage and fear were one thing too.”
— Apr 17, 2026 08:28AM
Lorna
is on page 3 of 601
“The Salinas Valley is in Northern California. It is a long narrow swale between two ranges of mountains, and the Salinas River winds and twists up the center until it falls at last into Monterey Bay.’
— Apr 16, 2026 08:17AM
