The Poet will yield up his stylus only when the Geometer can explain how Life can at once be a point and a… — R. Scott Bakker
The Poet will yield up his stylus only when the Geometer can explain how Life can at once be a point and a line. How can all time, all creation, come to the now? Make no mistake: this moment, the instant of this very breath, is the frail thread from which all creation hangs.
That men dare to be thoughtless ...
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