Ted stepped toward the relief. He felt as if he'd walked inside it, so completely did it enclose and affect him. It was the moment before Eurydice must descend to the underworld a second time, when she and Orpheus are saying good-bye. What moved Ted, mashed some delicate glassware in his chest, was the quiet of their interaction, the absence of drama or tears as they gazed at each other, touching gently. He sensed between them an understanding too deep to articulate: the unspeakable knowledge that everything is lost.
"The pause makes you think the song will end.
And then the song isn't really over,
so you're relieved. But then
the song does actually end, because
every song ends, obviously, and
THAT. TIME. THE. END. IS. FOR. REAL."
The whole book is worth it, but if you're pressed for time, 176-251. It's the first time a PowerPoint made me feel so many different things.
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