A small part of the Great Conversation . . . Edition : Wednesday, January 3, 2018. Your comments are welcome on all posts -- at the new site! . . . Where we will still keep it civil, friendly, and intelligent!
"Music and silence-how I detest them both! How thanful we should be that ever since our Father entered Hell...no square inch of infernal space and no moment of infernal time has been surrendered to either of those abominable forces, but all has been occupied by Noise-Noise,the grand dynamism, the audible expression of all that is exultant, ruthless, and virile-Noise which alone defends us from silly qualms, despairing scuples, and impossible desires. We will make the universe a noise in the end...The melodies and silences of Heaven will be shouted down in the end.-The Screwtape Letters (p.9)
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ReplyDeleteLooks like you've been listening to Simon and Garfunkel's 3 am Wednesday Morning
ReplyDeleteBloggers block? You've given up posts for Lent? I miss your wisdom and inside, Mr. Heid. Glad to see a new post up : )
ReplyDelete*insight* not inside, typo! sorry!
ReplyDelete"Music and silence-how I detest them both! How thanful we should be that ever since our Father entered Hell...no square inch of infernal space and no moment of infernal time has been surrendered to either of those abominable forces, but all has been occupied by Noise-Noise,the grand dynamism, the audible expression of all that is exultant, ruthless, and virile-Noise which alone defends us from silly qualms, despairing scuples, and impossible desires. We will make the universe a noise in the end...The melodies and silences of Heaven will be shouted down in the end.-The Screwtape Letters (p.9)
ReplyDeleteExcellent quote, sharon, and thanks for remembering and posting it. Blessings.
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