something reassuring about the sky

Balle, S. (2024). On the calculation of volume I (B. J. Haveland, Trans.). New Directions Publishing.
Link: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL36995986W/Om_udregning_af_rumfang_I

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There is something reassuring about the sky. It is not like books or plant pots. It is not like jars of olives or boxes of cookies. There is nothing to be done about it. It can be relied upon. It never changes. I cannot influence it and I cannot spoil it. It brooks no intrusion by me, it does not care about monsters on steps.