Christopher

“The Last Invocation

At the last, tenderly,
From the walls of the powerful, fortress’d house,
From the clasp of the knitted locks—from the keep of the well-closed doors,
Let me be wafted.

Let me glide noiselessly forth;
With the key of softness unlock the locks—with a whisper,
Set ope the doors, O Soul!

Tenderly! be not impatient!
(Strong is your hold, O mortal flesh!
Strong is your hold, O love.)”
― Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass

“Pasteur said, like all great discoverers, he knew something about accidental discoveries. The best way to get maximal exposure is to keep researching. Collect opportunities--”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

“The house was heavy around him, the pressure of the past filling the rooms like odorless gas.”
― E. Annie Proulx (Author), The Shipping News

“the dolphins stitch sky to sea.”
― Ellen Bass, Like a Beggar