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Ben Loory Quotes

Once there was a man who was afraid of his shadow. Then he met it. Now he glows in the dark.

Once there was a man who was afraid of his shadow. Then he met it. Now he glows in the dark.

Ben Loory
Dark, Men, Shadow
Ben Loory (2011). “Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day”, p.44, Penguin

Eventually the man comes to see that he has a mind, and that his mind is like a fist, wrapped tightly around a single thought. He cannot open the fist to look at the thought, for fear that it will fly away, but he knows that it is very important and that he must hang on to it, no matter what the cost.

Ben Loory
Men, Mind, Important
Ben Loory (2011). “Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day”, p.130, Penguin

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