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Dissenting voice

Member since 2002 · Posted 23 Mar 2004 · 5 comments

'To grow old on sartre and fishing for the heaviest trout, is not done you will learn; wisdom will encroach on belief '. But I will show them, build a wall high as a statue, not let 'that the stone rolls' encroach as I strum in my cell. Should the wall ever come down and I hold the hand of my enemy. I am nothing.

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[10] zodiac 23-Mar-04/7:34 AM Reply

Great! Whose is the quoted voice? I can't find these lines anywhere (but guess Brautigan, Hemingway, or your own - not that it matters, but I'm curious.) So - your style always amazes me.

[10] zodiac › zodiac 23-Mar-04/7:34 AM Reply

I meant the rest of that comment. Just found it gushy and earnest for p/r.

[9] Shuushin 23-Mar-04/8:09 AM Reply

"Kivi veereb"?

I like this one quite a bit - do we need the last line?

[9] deleted user 23-Mar-04/11:01 AM Reply

I presume the quote is something from Jean-Paul Sartre, but who cares? Wisdom will, in fact, encroach on belief, if you let it. Go ahead and build a wall as high as a statue to keep the stone from rolling, and keep your hand from your enemy's. Great!

[n/a] richa 23-Mar-04/11:32 AM Reply

Just to clear things up, the first verse is not a quote, I would have credited a quote. The marks were just to signify an outside voice.