Originally posted by Faust
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At no time in the history of man has the world been so full of pain and anguish. Here and there, however, we meet with individuals who are untouched, unsullied, by the common grief. We say of them that they have died to the world.* They live in the moment, fully, and the radiance which emanates from them is a perpetual song of joy.
if all you read into Tropic was really muck and darkness and nihilism, i'd highly suggest revisiting it with this quote in mind, because there's a redemptive Rabelaisian jouissance that shines through all of that, and makes Miller so lovable
*this isn't nihilism, it's enlightenment
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