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A Cottage in the Heart of Ithilien

"So they passed into the northern marches of that land that Men once called Ithilien, a fair country of climbing woods and swift-falling streams ..."

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Quote of the Day 4/19/05

What can any artist set on fire but his world? What can any people bring to the altar but all it has ever owned in the thin towns or over the desolate plains? What can an artist use but materials, such as they are?

Annie Dillard in Holy the Firm

Posted by JPB at 3:47 PM

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