Something That Is Absolute

Perhaps the logical question to ask at this point is:  Why Go?  The answer is that when a man has been there and undergone the baptism of solitude he can’t help himself.  Once he has been under the spell of the vast, luminous, silent country, no other place is quite strong enough for him, no other surroundings can provide the supremely satisfying sensation of existing in the midst of something that is absolute.  He will go back, whatever the cost in comfort and money, for the absolute has no price.
—    Paul Bowles
From his book:  “Their Heads are Green and Their Hands are Blue: Scenes from the Non-Christian World“
[The quote was originally found at one of the blogs I follow:  “Live And Learn” on DavidKanigan.com
The specific post:  http://davidkanigan.com/2016/05/14/saturday-morning-le-bapteme-de-la-solitude/
a site well worth checking out.     —    kmab]
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