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"When a child first catches adults out- when it first walks into his grave little head that adults do not have divine intelligence, that their judgements are not always wise, their thinking true, their sentences just- his world falls into panic desolation. The gods are fallen and all safety gone."
— May 08, 2026 06:23AM
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The famous timshel section. I have a deep memory of being profoundly influenced by this section - my first experience of Biblical Criticism, regardless of how accurate it is.
— Aug 21, 2026 04:38AM
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"Seems like to me there's something not finished. Seems like when you half finished a job and can't think what it was. Something didn't get done. I shouldn't be here. I ought to be wandering around the world instead of sitting here on a good farm looking for a wife."
- Charles to Adam in a letter
Very interesting. Charles almost killed Adam, but didn't. Now he feels like he's missing what comes next - the wandering.
— May 11, 2026 08:07AM
- Charles to Adam in a letter
Very interesting. Charles almost killed Adam, but didn't. Now he feels like he's missing what comes next - the wandering.
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"You can boast about anything if it's all you have."
— May 06, 2026 05:42AM
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May 09, 2026 03:28PM
I was recommended that book many years ago and I own it. I never opened it though.
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I highly recommend it. I read it in High School nearly 20 years ago and I still ponder some of its wise words. It's a classic, but one written in the 1950s so the language is much more accessible than most classics. The Biblical allegory of Cain and Abel that permeates the book is a great lens to view the dynamics of relationships between brothers and between parents and children.