Marc Tollin
@mtollin
Marc Tollin
@mtollin
That spirit of social initiative disappeared in a short time, pulled away by the fever of the magnets, the astronomical calculations, the dreams of transmutation, and the urge to discover the wonders of the world.
“I used to resent obstacles along the path, thinking, ‘If only that hadn’t happened, life would be so good.’ Then I suddenly realized, life is the obstacles. There is no underlying path.”
It is true I do not speak as well as I can think. But that is true of most people, as nearly as I can tell.
And it was the kind of thing that loses the most important nuances when reduced to words.
“And sometimes I have kept
my feelings to myself because
I could find no language to describe them in.”
-Jane Austen