He quotes Horace in preface too Omnes eodem cogimur, omnium Versatur urna serius ocius Sors exitura et nos in aeternum Exilium impositura cymbae We are all bound one voyage; the lot of all, sooner or later, is to come out of the urn. All must to eternal exile sail away.
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Weirdly memento mori prefatory note for a book about 2 fairy children flitting in and out of the life of an adult. It’s almost wonderland turned inside out darkly, suffusing reality in a fey way only some are sensitive to, and it is the same as sensitivity to mortality
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It’s interesting how he inverts the sense of the phrase “I wouldn’t be caught dead in that thing”.
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I'm going to look for this now
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Fair warning it’s not great. Lots of tedious bits. It’s just got some interesting features.
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For the snark was a boojum you see
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