You know the curve of your hand in the hand of someone more important to you than anybody?

petronius

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Mon Jan-14-08 02:24 AM
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You know the curve of your hand in the hand of someone more important to you than anybody?

That's the spirals of the galaxy locked in one another. You know the curve of your hand when the other hand is gone and you're trying to remember how it felt? There is no other curve like that.

-- Samuel R. Delany Nova

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SPKrazy

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Mon Jan-14-08 02:26 AM
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1. cool quote

and so true about knowing the curve of someone more important to you than anybody's hand

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petronius

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Mon Jan-14-08 02:30 AM
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2. It's always struck a chord for me, even though I first read the book

in my callow youth. For some reason it came back to me tonight, so I figured I'd share...

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