“Dark chasms!′ I scream from the cliff-edge, ‘seize me! Seize me to your foul black bowels and crush my bones!’ I am terrified at the sound of my own huge voice in the darkness. I stand there shaking from head to foot, moved to the deep-sea depths of my being, like a creature thrown into audience with thunder.”

“Dark chasms!′ I scream from the cliff-edge, ‘seize me! Seize me to your foul black bowels and crush my bones!’ I am terrified at the sound of my own huge voice in the darkness. I stand there shaking from head to foot, moved to the deep-sea depths of my being, like a creature thrown into audience with thunder.”

— John Gardner