There is not a grain of dust, not an atom that can become nothing, yet man believes that death is the annihilation of his being.” ~ Arthur Schopenhauer
The Secret Testament of Julian: A Novel by Simon Parke
Julian of Norwich was the first woman in the world to write a book in English, and yet had largely disappeared from view until her rediscovery during the twentieth century.
A fourteenth century anchoress in Norwich, she lived in a cell for forty years, surrounded by savage plague, political inequality and religious bigotry. Yet Julian gave the world one of its most famous calls to hope: ‘All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of things shall be well.’
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