“She has that quality, does the Hudson, as I imagine all great rivers do: the deep, abiding sense that those activities what take place on shore among human beings are of the moment, passing, and aren't the stories by way of which the greater tale of this planet will, in the end, be told.” WayHumansDoeEndsMomentsStoriesHuman BeingsQualityGreaterImaginePlanetsActivityRiversTalesPassingPassingsShoreAbiding Book:The Angel of Darkness Source: The Angel of Darkness
“Imagine, [Kriezler] said, that you enter a large, somewhat crumbling hall that echoes with the sounds of people mumbling and talking repetitively to themselves. All around you these people fall into prostrate positions, some of them weeping. Where are you? Sara’s answer was immediate: in an asylum. Perhaps, Kreizler answered, but you could also be in a church. In the one place the behavior would be considered mad; in the other, not only sane, but as respectable as any human activity can be.” PeopleHumansSaidWould BeFallSoundChurchAnswersTalkingImaginePositionActivityBehaviorMadHallsSaneEchoesWeepingRespectableAsylumsHuman ActivityCrumbling Book:The Alienist: A Novel Source: The Alienist: A Novel
