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The town was, after all, only a large ship filled with constantly moving survivors, bailing out the grass, chipping away the rust.
Never thought of this analogy yet every dystopian novel/movie and of course reality itself shows how true this is.
the mystery of man seizing from the land and the land seizing back, year after year,
The land seizes back. Yes.
Emotions hurried over his face as if many colored lights had been switched on and off.
What a great visual.
Was there, then, no strength in growing up? No solace in being an adult? No sanctuary in life? No fleshly citadel strong enough to with-stand the scrabbling assault of midnights?
Oooooooh my god. Ray you done screamed into my soul.
He realized that all men were like this; that each person was to himself one alone. One oneness, a unit in a society, but always afraid.
Yeah. Yep. Especially today.
