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The Secrets of Dr. Taverner The Secrets of Dr. Taverner by Dion Fortune
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“La differenza tra pietà e compassione è fondamentale in questo caso; noi proviamo pietà per ciò che non siamo, ma proviamo compassione quando, se non fosse per la grazia di Dio, potremmo essere così anche noi. Sentite un’affinità con quell’anima perché, in qualunque cosa sia stato ridotto il suo guscio, lei è ‘una di noi’, solo che è stata rovinata durante la creazione.”
Dion Fortune, The Secrets of Dr. John Taverner
“Come vi sentite?”
Il nostro paziente si agitò inquieto sulla sedia. “Non lo so”, rispose. “Più che altro mi sento un idiota.”
“Questo spesso”, commentò Taverner, “è l’inizio della saggezza”.”
Dion Fortune, The Secrets of Dr. John Taverner
“We went down, down, down, faster and faster, and just as we were going to crash I felt something. I can’t say I saw anything, but I got the feel of a pair of eyes. Can you realize what I mean? And when I came round from my three days’ down-and-out I was in love.” “What do you dream about?” asked Taverner. “All sorts of things; nothing especially nightmary.” “Do you notice any kind of family likeness in your dreams?” “Now you come to mention it, I do. They all take place in brilliant sunshine. They aren’t exactly Oriental, but that way inclined.” Taverner laid before him a book of Egyptian travel illustrated in water-colours. “Anything like that?” he inquired. “My hat!” exclaimed the man. “That’s the very thing.” He gazed eagerly at the pictures, and then suddenly thrust the book away from him. “I can’t look”
Dion Fortune, The Secrets Of Dr. Taverner