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Rough work with a soul will always be open to all, including condemnation & reviling, while fine work housing emptiness is closed to all insults & is easily ivied over with paid praises
Richard Flanagan Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish
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Rough work with a soul will always be open to all, including condemnation & reviling, while fine work housing emptiness is closed to all insults & is easily ivied over with paid praises
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Richard Flanagan

Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish

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