http://shall-go-free.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] shall-go-free.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] giftedthom 2006-08-08 04:54 pm (UTC)

"It was very clean, and heady, and--I suppose 'symmetrical' is oddly appropriate. Perfection incarnate, all the best of the world, flaws carefully sanded away. Purified. Which means it was never very real."

He pauses, turning out to face the waves.

"It's one thing to be confronted with the undiluted essence of a mountain, and quite another to be speak with the undiluted essence of someone you once knew."

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