[Dragaera] Vlad's passivity

Dorothy J Heydt djheydt at Kithrup.COM
Thu Oct 16 15:25:38 PDT 2008


>"AND she thinks that as a nurse, she "lives only for others," would you
> believe it?  She actually said that.  You can tell the "others" by their
> hunted look."                  -- Nurse Jones

Dear me.  That's a favorite theme of C. S. Lewis's; you find it
in _Ihe Four Loves_ and elsewhere.  Quoting from memory:

"Here, buried by her grieving brothers,
Lies the remains of Mrs. Clay.
She was a woman who lived for others;
Now she has peace.  And so have they."

(Who's Nurse Jones?)



Dorothy J. Heydt
Vallejo, California
djheydt at kithrup.com	





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