A great drab curtain

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[...] They had been members with John of the Theosophical Society; they were both in love with Violet. Like John’s, their lives were full of quiet drama, full of vague yet thrilling signs that life was not as the common run supposed it to be; they were among those (it surprised Violet how many there were, and how many gravitated toward Edgewood) who watch life as though it were a great drab curtain which they are sure is always about to rise on some terrific and exquisite spectacle, and though it never did quite rise, they were patient, and noted excitedly every small movement of it as the actors took their places, and strained to hear the unimaginable setting being shifted.

— John Crowley, Little, Big, Book 2, Chapter 1

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Re: Finally...

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It's amazing. Must Read All Crowley!