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“And like Vera, I know that "truth lies beyond." I know that faith - like chastity, like intimacy, like the journey to the self - is an ongoing process. Yes, we do walk the labyrinth to the center of every greater knowledge of ourselves as we do in books like Gordimer's. We may also learn from them, as Vera learned, that no single human relationship can fulfill us, draw a small circle around who we are or can be. Others, alas, are as limited, as frail - and as mortal - as we are. We will be compelled, somehow, to leave the center we have found, and continue on our journey. For, self-transcending beings that we are, it is not the center that symbolizes our true selves but the entire labyrinth. If we are courageous enough not to give up on life, on human relationships, or on ourselves - as we surmise from the tone of the last passage is the case with Vera - we will walk it many times, inward and outward, each time going more deeply within, each time reaching out in a wider embrace. And we will have, thanks to the writers among us, not a single book - no single book can satisfy us, either - but many books to accompany us like intimate friends at each stage of the journey, to lead us yet closer to the truth that, as long as we live, lies beyond.”

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Book:Walking a Literary Labyrinth
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“- Che cosa devo fare? - Finora tu hai perso molte cose. Molte cose preziose. Il problema non è sapere di chi è la colpa. Il problema è che tu attaccavi sempre qualcosa di tuo a tutte le cose che perdevi. Non avresti dovuto. Avresti dovuto tenere qualcosa da parte per te, invece di lasciarla andare via con il resto. Così ti sei consumato a poco a poco. Perché? Perché l'hai fatto? - Non lo so. - Forse era più forte di te. O forse eri spinto a farlo da... una specie di destino, non mi viene la parola... - Tendenza? - Sì, tendenza. Anche se tu ricominci da capo, e riesci a rimettere a posto la tua vita, è probabile che tu rifaccia le stesse cose. E' una tendenza. E quando si supera un certo punto, non si può più tornare indietro. E' troppo tardi.”

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Book:Dance Dance Dance
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“Self-identity depends upon our manner of apprehending the world. Life for me is primarily about distilling patterns, attempting to sift between the ordinary and extraordinary events of daily of life in order to weave a mosaic that defines and clarifies the reasons behind why and how I live.”

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Book:Dead Toad Scrolls
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