{"id":2313,"date":"2016-10-31T07:10:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T11:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.graymanwrites.com\/blog\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2016-10-30T22:16:13","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T02:16:13","slug":"monday-morning-insight-a-ghosts-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grayrinehart.com\/blog\/monday-morning-insight-a-ghosts-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Insight: A Ghost’s Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
(Another in the continuing series of quotes to start the week<\/a>.)<\/em><\/h5>\n

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Hey, it’s Halloween, so why not start the week with a famous report from a well-known ghost (not<\/em> the Gray Man)? Briefly released from Purgatory to walk the earth, this ghost said,<\/p>\n

… I could a tale unfold whose lightest word
\nWould harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood,
\nMake thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres,
\nThy knotty and combined locks to part
\nAnd each particular hair to stand on end,
\nLike quills upon the fretful porpentine.
\nBut this eternal blazon must not be
\nTo ears of flesh and blood.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Many readers will recognize the source: Hamlet<\/em>, Act I, Scene V.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

(Image: “The old haunted abbey – Whitby,” by Darren Flinders, on Flickr under Creative Commons.)<\/em><\/h5>\n

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I hope you survive the horrors of the day — that they don’t harrow your soul or freeze your blood or make your hair stand on end — and that you have an awesome week!<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"linkedin\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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