“I am the dreamer and the doer
I the hearer and the knower
I the giver and the taker
I the sword and the wound of sword.”
Christ, Old Student in a New School (1972)
Context: I am the dreamer and the doer
I the hearer and the knower
I the giver and the taker
I the sword and the wound of sword.
If this be true, then let sword fall free from hand.
I embrace myself.
I laugh until I weep
And weep until I smile…
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Ray Bradbury 401
American writer 1920–2012Related quotes
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 12
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Source: The Dark World (1954), Ch. 9 : Realm of the Superconscious
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Abdul Kadir Badauni. Elliott and Dowson, The History of India, as Told by Its Own Historians, Vol. V, p 253.