(Permit me to repeat what I said at the Nielsen Haydens'.)
It's to be expected that the people here are in tearful awe of Molly Ivins' prose. My own is probably inadequate to do hers justice, but I'm gladder than ever that I saved so many of her columns, once I found out where to get them online. A greater marvel, beyond mere talent or genius, was her character. She looked unflinchingly at the most ghastly violations of human decency and human spirit of our times, and seemed never to lose her warmth. Now I have to change from saying it is beyond me how she does it, to saying it was beyond me how she did it.
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Date: 2007-02-01 08:33 am (UTC)It's to be expected that the people here are in tearful awe of Molly Ivins' prose. My own is probably inadequate to do hers justice, but I'm gladder than ever that I saved so many of her columns, once I found out where to get them online.
A greater marvel, beyond mere talent or genius, was her character. She looked unflinchingly at the most ghastly violations of human decency and human spirit of our times, and seemed never to lose her warmth.
Now I have to change from saying it is beyond me how she does it, to saying it was beyond me how she did it.
Her memory for a blessing indeed.