(after many years) we were still at that first stage, stillpreparing to begin a journey, but we were changed nevertheless;we could see this in one another; we had changed althoughwe never moved, and one said, ah, behold how we have aged, travelingfrom day to night only, neither forward nor sideward, and this seemedin a strange way miraculous. And those who believed we should have a purposebelieved this was the purpose, and those who felt we must remain freein order to encounter truth felt it had been revealed. Unknown
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The quote above is from the short story "The Bridge and the Tree" by Flannery O’Connor. It’s a wonderful piece of writing that is a great example of how a story can evolve over time without losing its sense of itself. In the first version of the story, which was published in 1953, set in an unnamed southern state, Robert and his wife live on opposite sides of a bridge with their children. They talk to each other on the phone as they sit opposite each other at opposite ends of the bridge. As they wait for their children to return from school, they talk about how they used to be close and happy together but now they just live on opposite sides of a bridge and don’t see each other.

Source: Faithful And Virtuous Night

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