The stars are as wild as a jungle. We live in wilderness, for all that our immediate effect on it is organized, and deadly.
Ω{excised from comments at Crooked Timber Nov.18-19. 03 msg}
...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica
Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.
Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors
still here 10:53