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Winter of Discontent

Seasonal apathy raises doubts about the value of living.

open quote Though occasionally it snows and for a day or two beauty returns, this beauty does not revive me. Snowflakes seem to whiten the world to wonder, but underneath the mask of snow the land is still lifeless. Snowfall works the embalmer's art, sprinkling powder on the corpse of the world so that death appears peaceful and pretty. close quote

Essays

  • The Communion of Strangers
  • A Sense of All Sorrows
  • Meditation During a Rainstorm
  • A Visit to the City
  • Confessions of a Carnivore
  • In Praise of Passion
  • On Being Nothing
  • Night Thoughts
  • The Electric Present
  • The Lonely Race
  • The Finite Experience of Infinite Life
  • The Great Divide
  • Winter of Discontent
  • Odyssey of Desire
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