When evening quickens in the street, comes a pause in the day's occupation that is known as the … - Bernard DeVoto

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Bernard DeVoto

When evening quickens in the street, comes a pause in the day's occupation that is known as the cocktail hour. It marks the lifeward turn. The heart wakens from coma and its dyspnea ends. Its strengthening pulse is to cross over into campground, to believe that the world has not been altogether lost or, if lost, then not altogether in vain.

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