“He who devises tyranny,” she said,
“Denies the resurrection of the dead,
Beneath his own degree degrades himself,
Invades himself with ugliness and wars.
But he who knows all men to be himself,
Part of his own experiment and reach,
Humbles and amplifies himself
To build and share a tenement of stars.”
Once when we broke a loaf of bread
And shared the honey, Celia said: