Wednesday, April 13, 2005

It's the Light of an Oncoming Train!

Feeling normal for any extended period of time raises hopes that turn out, almost inevitably, to be writ on water. (AUM, p. 69)

Robert Lowell, often crazy but rarely stupid, knew better than assume a straight shot at happiness: If we see a light at the end of the tunnel, he said, it’s the light of an oncoming train. (ibid, p. 139)

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