That Roar On The Other Side Of Silence
Readers are invited to consider this quote and write about what thoughts it conjures for you:
"If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow and the squirrel's heart beat, and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence."
From Middlemarch by George Eliot
Thanks to class-mate Courtney for pointing out this line.
posted by rabbi neil fleischmann @ 9:49 PM
4 Comments:
awesome
Thanks Steg. I am veryaken by this quote myself. It really resonnates for me.
Amazing isn't it? Only such an author could have written "Daniel Deronda" given the times. I think it should be taught in Yeshivas that teach literature.
We have a pair of gerbils that have lived more than two years. I'm quite fond of them and every day when I come home I check in on them. They sleep a lot now, being old, and it's nice to watch them breathing. I can see them breathing, but I can't hear their heart beats.
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