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94 Chicken Little: The Inside Story
does not begin feasting at dawn but at sunset.” 96
“For the rights of understanding to be valid one must venture
into life, out on the sea and lift up one’s voice, and not stand on the
shore and watch others fighting and struggling.” 97
“During the first period of a man’s life the greatest danger is: not
to take the risk. When once the risks have been really taken then
the greatest danger is to risk too much. By not risking at first one
turns aside and serves trivialities; in the second case, by risking too
much, one turns aside to the fantastic, and perhaps to presumption.”
98
It was a piece of luck to chance on D.’s paper. I think they’re
hooked, at least he is for sure. Poor boy, he almost had a fit when
he saw me in my safari gear. The others?—well, we’ll see. I think
there’s a piece of Ms. Little in everyone; you just have to coax it
out. I do hope it works because I could never pull this off on my
own. All these years, looking for just the right mix. Of course they
don’t know what’s in store, but all in good time.
Oh I do love secrets; they’re the life blood of the soul. 99
I’m now exactly three years older than Jung was when he died. I
wish I could say I was half as wise. I don’t feel old but I think old. I
look old too, but I don’t mind that. People make way and don’t expect
so much. The pressure’s off. Well, from outside. There’s always
the inner heat, of course; once the fire’s lit, you can’t get rid
of it. Who am I, indeed.
I think I’ll wear the harlequin outfit today.
*
After breakfast D. asked my views on Ms. Little’s typology. 100
96 Ibid.
97 Ibid., p. 68.
98 Ibid., p. 192.
99 Jung thought so too. See Memories, Dreams, Reflections, pp. 342ff.
100 According to Jung’s model, there are four basic functions by which we orient
ourselves in the world. Briefly, sensation establishes that something exists, thinking
tells us what it is, feeling evaluates what it’s worth to us, and through intuition
we have a sense of its possibilities. See “General Description of the Types, Psy-