Symbols are cool. Symbols are imagination inspired for the writer, thoughtful movement for the philosopher, love on fire on a stallion rearing before a storm-subdued castle for the romantic novelist, The Highlander in the form of Spanish Sean Connery in front of a storm-subdued castle for the soon-to-be husband of the romantic novelist. Symbols are cool because they fire you up. There is one thing I can always think of and it will bring a small, satisfied smile to my face—not just to the lips and mouth, but my eyes perk up, my eyebrows rise knowingingly, the wardrobe door in my head creaks open and not only does C.S. Lewis peak his head out, but also Wallace Stegner, Cormac McCarthy, Willa Cather, Bruce Courtenay, yes, Nelson Demille, Robert Ludlum, Bill Bryson, Edward Abbey, Isaac Asimov,
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