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Ragtime Mortality Quotes

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Quote #10

Poor Father, I see his final exploration. He arrives at the new place, his hair risen in astonishment, his mouth and eyes dumb. His toe scuffs a soft storm of sand, he kneels and his arms spread in pantomimic celebration, the immigrant, as in every moment of his life, arriving eternally on the shore of his Self. (40.24)

Even in death, Father remains an immigrant, an alien to his surroundings. I guess when you're born into the wrong time, you can die in the wrong time too.