"'...HE LITTLE THINKS OF THE MARVELOUS PART HE HAS TO PLAY IN THE FUTURE.'

 'SO HE IS TO GO WITH US AS FAR AS -'

 'AS FAR AS THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH, AXEL.'"


 - JULES VERNE, 'JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH', 1864.

GENEVIÈVE BJARGARDÓTTIR /
 ''þoka (MIST), SUMMER IN THE EAST FJORDS', (2010)


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OUR TROUBLES AND OUR TRIALS HERE
 WILL ONLY MAKE US RICHER THERE
 WHEN WE ARRIVE AT HOME,
 WHEN WE ARRIVE AT HOME.


- ANON, 'GARDEN HYMN', FROM A SUPPLEMENT TO THE 'KENTUCKY HARMONY', 1826.