Our Nada Who Art In Nada
After a while, he could no longer see the birds and he began to be frightened again.
I am not my five senses, he thought.
I am not this thought.
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow... belay that.
In the end, there was only the tracks. That's enough, he said, to himself, I can dig tracks. Out of spite, out of pride, he counted the crossties aloud. He counted hundreds and hundreds of them. When he had to stop, he leaned his head on his rifle and held to the blazing rail with his strong right hand.
I am not my five senses, he thought.
I am not this thought.
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow... belay that.
In the end, there was only the tracks. That's enough, he said, to himself, I can dig tracks. Out of spite, out of pride, he counted the crossties aloud. He counted hundreds and hundreds of them. When he had to stop, he leaned his head on his rifle and held to the blazing rail with his strong right hand.
Robert Stone, Dog Soldiers
(This is Ray Hicks, about to die. He has just been in a firefight against 4 evil men, and two of them are dead. He has been hit under the arm with an air marshal round and is in very bad shape. The red circle in a blue triangle is a zen trick to contain the pain, it is not working. He is carrying 3 kilos of weight, not 2. He has just killed one of his best friends due to a misunderstanding. He is a Marine and very stand-up. Bent feds want the heroin. The book was a National Book Award winner and takes place c. 1970. It is set among the drug subculture of Southern California with a background of the war in Vietnam. ).
Ray is helping a friend although he does not like smuggling a death drug like heroin. He is just too stubborn to give up. This is Nick Nolte's outstanding performance.
Who'll Stop The Rain, 1978.
The railroad track scene is based on the death of Neal Cassidy.
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