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“What would it feel like to love something the way Joan loves Ancient Greek and Latin poetry?”
“Joan spends four to five hours every day reading Homer and Virgil and Sophocles in their original languages.”
“I began to bring her other books.”
“* Around us, the abundance of Thanksgiving filled every room.”
“One has been working through The Aeneid for three years.”
“Her hands, reddened and veiny, moved through the pages as she spoke.”
“I asked her and she told me.”
“I didn’t fall in love with Joan the way you’re thinking, or maybe it’s exactly the way you’re thinking.”
“Someone generous enough to invite anyone in who wants to witness it alongside her.”
“Last month’s letter was about a Greek warrior who finally understood that conquest wasn’t worth the effort.”
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“I sent an eighty-five-year-old woman who reads Virgil for the wonder of it a link to my writing.”
“To have your voice lift like that when you try to explain what moves you.”
“I’m learning for the wonder of it.”