" But against his taking this step, which he still felt to be a contemptible relinquishment of present work, a guilty turning aside from what was a real and might be a widening channel for worthy activity, to start again without any justified destination, there was this obstacle, that the purchaser, if procurable at all, might not be quickly forthcoming.
For life is a paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment.
So what I took as a yes from him was in actuality more of a quiet surrender, not so much an acceptance as an act of relinquishment by one too weary to decide, and far too tired to believe.
For life is a paradox: it enjoins us to cling to its many gifts even while it ordains their eventual relinquishment.
