“It was more than sad, the eternal unteachability of youth.”
—
Michael Shea
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Nifft the Lean
Part 3, Chapter 16 (p. 208)
Nifft the Lean (1982)
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“You've been turned in to my reminiscences
To make eternal the unearthly sadness.”
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(1889–1966) Russian modernist poet
As a White Stone... (1916)
Context: I knew: the gods turned once, in their madness,
Men into things, not killing humane senses.
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To make eternal the unearthly sadness.