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No encounter occured that day, and i was glad of it; i took out of my pocket a little homer i had not opened since leaving marseilles, reread three lines of the odyssey, learned them by heart; then, finding sufficient sustenance in their rhythm and reveling in them at leisure, i closed the book and remained, trembling, more alive than i had thought possible, my mind numb with happiness.
-Andre Gide
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No Encounter Occured That Day, And I

Andre Gide
No encounter occured that day, and i was glad of it; i took out of my pocket a little homer i had not opened since leaving marseilles, reread three lines of the odyssey, learned them by heart; then, finding sufficient sustenance in their rhythm and reveling in them at leisure, i closed the book and remained, trembling, more alive than i had thought possible, my mind numb with happiness.
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