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"To the untrue man,
the whole universe is false—
it is impalpable—it shrinks
to nothing within his grasp.
And he himself in so far as
he shows himself in a false light,
becomes a shadow,
or, indeed, ceases to exist."
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter
JOE
"I mean, who am I?
That's the real question, isn't it?
Who am I? Who are you?
What other questions
are there?"
John Patrick Shanley,
"Joe Versus The Volcano"
Chapter cxxxii
The Symphony
"It was a clear steel-blue day.
The firmaments of air and sea
were hardly separable
in that all-pervading azure;
only, the pensive air
was transparently pure and soft,
with a woman's look, and the
robust and man-like sea heaved with long, strong, lingering swells,
as Samson's chest
in his sleep."
Herman Melville, Moby Dick
R.I.P. Jan Charles Horatio Stuart
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