- Bertrand Russell
A third reason that may span Russell's two, is that you can think and talk about it. My reading of late has been of this third sort.
from The Women's Room: "The idea seemed a great truth..: a space to be and a witness... It was enough, or if not enough, it was all, all that we could do, in the end, for each other."
This writing in this blogspace, is exactly that - a space to be, and you are my witnesses and I become my own witness, which seems even more important as my age carries me, willy-nilly, toward a sort of internal maturity.
It is enough that I am here, writing, and that we are here, witnessing.
Another wonderful thing about reading authors that are published on paper is that you can argue with them without having to defend yourself! I love reading those books that have pencilled notations in the margins, notations written by folks long since gone. It's a two for one deal!
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