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Monday, March 8, 2010

Untidy human undertakings

“The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy” - from chapter one of Over the River by John Galsworthy

I'll tell you what was untidy: my reaction to this, the very last of the nine volume Forsyte Saga. If it's possible to fall in love with books, I certainly fell in love with these. So my untidy crying was truly ugly as I read the closing pages of this novel. I never wanted it to end.

John Galsworthy, you are still beautiful.

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