To seek out the upright. No fall but
preceded by a declination. He took great marching steps into the nothingness,
counting them against his return. Eyes closed, arms oaring. Upright to what?
Something nameless in the night, lode or matrix. To which he and the stars were
common satellite. Like the great pendulum in its rotunda scribing through the long
day movements of the universe of which you may say it knows nothing and yet
know it must.
preceded by a declination. He took great marching steps into the nothingness,
counting them against his return. Eyes closed, arms oaring. Upright to what?
Something nameless in the night, lode or matrix. To which he and the stars were
common satellite. Like the great pendulum in its rotunda scribing through the long
day movements of the universe of which you may say it knows nothing and yet
know it must.
( Cormac McCarthy )
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