Yes, the Gorgon has dried your tears,” he said. "Well, she opened my eyes too; it's a delusion to say that she blinds people. What she does is just the contrary - she fastens their eyelids open, so that they're never again in the blessed darkness. (Edith Wharton)

Yes, the Gorgon has dried your tears,” he said. "Well, she opened my eyes too; it's a delusion to say that she blinds people. What she does is just the contrary - she fastens their eyelids open, so that they're never again in the blessed darkness.

Edith Wharton

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