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<DIV>>From: jbor <<A href="http://mail.yahoo.com/config/login?/ym/Compose?To=jbor@bigpond.com&YY=20164&order=down&sort=date&pos=0&view=a&head=b" target=_blank>jbor@bigpond.com</A>><BR>><BR>> [...] The saint whose water can light lamps, the clairvoyant<BR>> whose lapse in recall is the breath of God, the true paranoid<BR>> for whom all is organized in spheres joyful or threatening<BR>> about the central pulse of himself, the dreamer whose puns<BR>> probe ancient foetid shafts and tunnels of truth all act in<BR>> the same special relevance to the word, or whatever it is the<BR>> word is there, buffering, to protect us from. The act of metaphor<BR>> then was a thrust at truth and a lie, depending where you
were:<BR>> inside, safe, or outside, lost. (Lot 49, p. 89)<BR><BR>"A very nice quotation. It reminds me why I like Pynchon so much: His <BR>writing is often just beautiful, poetic. It's been a long time since <BR>I've read COL49."</DIV>
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<DIV>Yes, it is a nice passage ( if a wee bit drafty), but it isn't in COL49. I think it's from V or GR. Pg 89 in Chapter 5 of COL 49 is the middle of the Oedipa's strange journey through North Beach...</DIV>
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<DIV>ya might try that research methods class, J-bore<BR></DIV></DIV><p>
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