1/4 'Be still, lad,” the mage said with such firmness that Arren obeyed. And presently, “Tell me what you thought at that time.” “Nothing, my lord—nothing! I thought there was no use in doing anything. I thought your wizardry was gone—no, that it had never been. That you had...'
2/4 ...'tricked me.” The sweat broke out on Arren’s face and he had to force his voice, but he went on. “I was afraid of you. I was afraid of death. I was so afraid of it I would not look at you, because you might be dying. I could think of nothing, except that there was—there..'
3/4 ..'was a way of not dying for me, if I could find it. But all the time life was running out, as if there was a great wound and the blood running from it—such as you had. But this was in everything. And I did nothing, nothing, but try to hide from the horror of dying.”'
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4/4 The mage in reply, 'There is no safety, and there is no end. The word must be heard in silence; there must be darkness to see the stars. The dance is always danced above the hollow place, above the terrible abyss.”'
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'At The End Of The Year

As this year draws to its end,
We give thanks for the gifts it brought
And how they became inlaid within
Where neither time nor tide can touch them.'
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And the soul could see delight;
When a quiver caressed the heart
In the sheer exuberance of being here.

Surprises that came awake
In forgotten corners of old fields
Where expectation seemed to have quenched.'
'The slow, brooding times
When all was awkward
And the wave in the mind
Pierced every sore with salt.

The darkened days that stopped
The confidence of the dawn.'
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1/6 “Leb wohl, 2020!
Ich schließe dieses Jahr mit George Orwell und mit der Angst vor einer Zukunft, die aussieht wie ein Stiefel, der unaufhörlich auf ein Gesicht tritt - oder vor einer, in der wir unsere Ketten lieben gelernt haben.” ...
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