Tuesday, January 03, 2006

The Ceasing of One's Own Brand of Magic

'And another regrettable thing about death is the ceasing of your own brand of magic, which took a whole life to develop and market--the quips, the witticisms, the slant adjusted to a few, those loved ones nearest the lip of the stage...'
--From Perfection Wasted, by John Updike

Read the PD's obituary of the late, great Bill Kerrigan
here.

2 Comments:

At 4:41 AM, Blogger The Full Cleveland said...

The magic lives on exponentially in those he touched. ~Jim

 
At 10:09 AM, Blogger John Ettorre said...

You said, it Jim. Many thanks.

 

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