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‘What did you mean by saying that you were psychic?’
‘What did you think I meant?’
‘Spiritualism?’ ‘Infantilism.’ ‘That’s what I think.’
‘Of course.’
I could just make out his face in the light from the doorway. He could see more of mine, because I had swung round during that last exchange. ‘You haven’t really answered my question.’
‘Your first reaction is the characteristic one of your contrasuggestible century: to disbelieve, to disprove. I see this very clearly underneath your politeness. You are like a porcupine. When that animal has its spines erect, it cannot eat. If you do not eat, you will starve. And your prickles will die with the rest of your body.’
~ John Fowles, The Magus
Notes:
- Photo:A porcupine curls up in a garden outside of Moscow on Wednesday. (Yuri Kadobnov, Agence France, September 21, 2017)
- Prior“Lightly child, lightly” Posts?Connect here
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