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  • 'That woman,' the doctor said, settling himself more comfortably in his chair, 'would use the third-rising of a corpse for her ends.

    —Djuna Barnes, Nightwood

    I wonder what this means? (Edit: "resurrection on the third day", perhaps?)

    November 24, 2008