GR translation: the measure of his faith

[David Morris]

And his faith is thus clearly described:

“he wanted to *believe it* too, the same way he loved her, past all
words—*believe
that no matter how bad the time, nothing was fixed, everything could be
changed* and she could always deny the dark sea at his back, *love it away*


On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 11:23 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
wrote:

> That's certainly true. The (slightly) broader context:
>
> His life had been tied to the past. He’d seen himself a point on a moving
> wavefront, propagating through sterile history—a known past, a projectable
> future. But Jessica was the breaking of the wave. Suddenly there was a
> beach, the unpredictable . . . new life. Past and future stopped at the
> beach: that was how he’d set it out. But he wanted to believe it too, the
> same way he loved her, past all words—believe that no matter how bad the
> time, nothing was fixed, everything could be changed and she could always
> deny the dark sea at his back, love it away. And (selfishly) that from a
> somber youth, squarely founded on Death—along for Death’s ride—he might,
> with her, find his way to life and to joy. He’d never told her, he avoided
> telling himself, but that was the measure of his faith, as this seventh
> Christmas of the War came wheeling in another charge at his skinny,
> shivering flank. . . .
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 11:14 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Its meaning can only be revealed in the context of his story, not at all
>> possible with this brief quote alone
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2022 at 8:37 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> V126.18-20, P128.30-32   He’d never told her, he avoided telling himself,
>>> but that was the measure of his faith, as this seventh Christmas of the
>>> War
>>> came wheeling in another charge at his skinny, shivering flank. . . .
>>>
>>> What does "the measure of his faith" mean exactly?
>>
>>
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