Unus

The one called Unus didn't smile, but his eyes seemed to twinkle.

Addicts Tree Riesener 2010

The one called Unus didn’t smile, but his eyes seemed to twinkle.

PLANET X 1998

I wonder which anecdotes Wendy shared; I think, in a way, Grams is being dispersed throughout the world, like those fluffy dandelion seed pods—blown around the globe: Unus Mundus.

Vivian Rising Daniella Brodsky 2010

Unus Mundus means ‘one world,’ that everything is unified, returning to and coming from the same source.

Vivian Rising Daniella Brodsky 2010

I am tempted to pretend that Kavia is right: that Len is destined to be someone I can depend on in an Unus Mundus way, and in pretending that, I might be tempted to get real close to him by jumping his bones and having him spend the night.

Vivian Rising Daniella Brodsky 2010

I imagine this Unus Mundus to encompass everything—the planets and beyond, things I should have paid more attention to on that eighth grade class trip to the planetarium—and it offers me a sense of stability, if only for a moment, to think I am not just Viv, but Viv and the Universe, whether the universe likes it or not.

Vivian Rising Daniella Brodsky 2010

Unus Mundus, I think, truly thankful, and maybe, maybe—on the verge of some understanding.

Vivian Rising Daniella Brodsky 2010

“Look for a humanitarian effort to sink your teeth into; Unus Mundus, one world,” she said, and pushed her chair out, ushering me to the door with no excuse whatsoever.

Vivian Rising Daniella Brodsky 2010

“Unus Mundus,” she says, and lets it hang there as she walks to a messy bookcase.

Vivian Rising Daniella Brodsky 2010

The thoughts sail off on the breeze, and up, out toward Unus Mundus, or the World to Come, or merely to a pair of gnats performing aerobatic tricks a few inches above our heads.

Vivian Rising Daniella Brodsky 2010