(no subject)

[avalon____]

How long did we stay there? I don't remember: what did time matter? Marceline was beside me; I stretched out, laid my head on her knees. The flute song flowed on still, breaking off an instant or two, then resuming; the noise of the water . . . Now and then a goat bleated. I closed my eyes; I felt Marceline's cool hand resting on my forehead; I felt the hot sun, gently filtered by the palm trees; I had no thoughts: what did thinking matter? With extraordinary intensity, I felt.

The Immoralist