Here are the quotations for this week, January 6th to 12th 2002:
1. ..."Only Fear shall follow thee, and with a blow that thou canst not see
he shall bid thee wait his pleasure. He shall make the ground to open under
thy feet, and the creeper to twist about thy neck, and the tree-trunks to
grow together about thee higher than thou canst leap, and at the last he
shall take thy hide to wrap his cubs when they are cold. Thou hast shown him
no mercy, and none will he show thee"...
2. ...Do you know what Fear is ? Not ordinary fear of insult, injury or
death, but abject quivering dread of something that you cannot see - fear
that dries the inside of the mouth and half of the throat - fear that makes
you sweat in the palms of the hands and gulp in order to keep the uvula at
work. This is a fine Fear - a great cowardice, and must be felt to be
appreciated...
3. "...I pulled my Waler, and fell back a little. The ‘rickshaw was directly
in the middle of the road: and once more the Arab passed through it, my
horse following. "Jack, Jack dear, please forgive me," rang like a wail in
my ears, and, after an interval: "It’s all a mistake, a hideous mistake..."
The sources of last week's quotations (December 30th to January 5th) were as
follows:
1. ( 'He told me' he said suddenly, ' that my home address was Jerusalem.
You heard that ?' ) This is from 'The Village that voted the Earth was
Flat' in 'A Diversity of Creatures'.
2. ('If you don't stop, I shall come into your house - in this car - and
drive upstairs and - kill you !'... ) This is from 'The Vortex' in 'A
Diversity of Creatures'.
3. (The stuff was getting in its work. Bluey, white, and blue again rolled
over the navvy's face in waves..) This is from 'My Sunday at Home' in 'The
Day's Work'.
Happy New Year to all
John R
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