Michael’s Reviews > Of Walking in Ice: Munich - Paris 23 November - 14 Decenber 1974 > Status Update
Michael
is on page 50
“I’ve probably made several wrong decisions in a row concerning my route and, in hindsight, this has led me to the right course. What’s really bad is that after acknowledging a wrong decision, I don’t have the nerve to turn back, since I’d rather correct myself with another wrong decision. But I’m following a direct imaginary line, anyway, … and so the detours are not very great…”
— Oct 23, 2023 10:11AM
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Michael
is on page 69
“The land here is being carelessly killed. Children are playing around the church. During the night I was very cold. An old man crosses the bridge, unaware that he’s being watched. He walks so slowly, and ponderously, pausing again and again after short, hesitant steps; that is Death walking with him. All is shrouded still in semi-darkness.”
— Oct 23, 2023 11:26PM
Michael
is on page 19
“One solitary, overriding thought: get away from here. People frighten me. Our Eisner mustn’t die, she will not die, I won’t permit it. She is not dying now because she isn’t dying. Not now, no, she is not allowed to. My steps are firm. And now the earth trembles. When I move, a buffalo moves. When I rest, a mountain reposes.”
— Oct 16, 2023 03:14PM
