Passage of the Day

"It was a new thought, and Mr. Rebeck treasured new thoughts. He hadn't had too many lately, and he knew it was his fault. The cemetery wasn't conducive to new thoughts; the environment wasn't right. It was a place for counting over the old, stored thoughts, stroking them lovingly and carefully, as if they were fine glassware, wondering if they could be thought any other way, and knowing deeply and securely that this was was the best. So he examined the new thought closely but gingerly, stood close to it to get the details and then away from it for perspective; he stretched it, thinned it, patted it into different shapes, gradually molding it to fit the contours of his mind."

- From A Fine & Private Place, by Peter S. Beagle

*A special thanks to the two women at the showing of The Last Unicorn at The Hollywood Theatre, with Peter S. Beagle in attendance. These two gals highly recommended Mr. Beagle's debut!