And for a long time yet, led by some wondrous power, I am fated to journey hand in hand with my strange heroes and to survey the surging immensity of life, to survey it through the laughter that all can see and through the tears unseen and unknown by anyone.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The author pledges to journey with his characters, seeing life through visible laughter and hidden tears.
- In plain terms
- I will walk with my characters through life's joy and secret pain.
- What can you take from it?
- Art captures both surface joy and hidden sorrow.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you see in your own journey?
- Where do tears hide?
Another view
Authors cannot fully access unknown tears of others.
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