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Gene Wolfe, by telofy
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Because if you listen to prophets, they give you ammunition. The nature of twins. The millionth position of pi (do infinite numbers have beginnings?). And most of all, the double meaning of the word cleave. Did he know which was worse, which more traumatic: pulling together or tearing apart?
p. 359
How is it that cleave means "split" and "cling to" at the same time?
Hmm.
... the men carve
the hunted beast
cleaving it
joist to joist.
Rachel Phillips, in As/Is