abysses-and

Updated: May 27, 2025

In living there are gaps and silences when the soul stands still in its flight through abysses-and then there come times of trial and times of struggle when we grow old without knowing it. Body and soul change appallingly. Seven years of hard, busy life had made changes in Will. His face had grown bold, resolute, and rugged, some of its delicacy and all of its boyish quality gone.

Hamlin Garland - Main-Travelled Roads