Calmness or absence

And seeing that, I became aware that what I had taken for calmness was absence. The quietness was that of the inanimate (...)

However scientifically informed we count ourselves to be, fear and awe still surprise us in the presence of the dead. Perhaps it’s life we’re really wondering at.

* Ian McEwan, Enduring Love

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