"His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead."
My company's website had this posted in a corner as their Quote of the Day. It seems an odd choice for this time of year, but what also struck me is how you really need the whole story of The Dead before that last line in order for it to work; without the build-up it just sounds like over-alliterative emo.
My company's website had this posted in a corner as their Quote of the Day. It seems an odd choice for this time of year, but what also struck me is how you really need the whole story of The Dead before that last line in order for it to work; without the build-up it just sounds like over-alliterative emo.