The palm at the end of the mind, beyond the last thought, rises in the bronze distance. A gold feathered bird sings in the palm, without human meaning, without human feeling, a foreign song. You know then that it is not the reason that makes us happy or unhappy.
The bird sings. Its feathers shine. The palm stands on the edge of space. The wind moves slowly in the branches. The bird's fire-fangled feathers dangle down.

Friday, September 5, 2014

The gods envy us. 

They envy us because we’re mortal, because any moment may be our last. 

Everything is more beautiful because we are doomed. 

You will never be lovelier than you are now. 

We will never be here again.

 

Homer, Iliad

 


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