Looking closely at the trees and flowers, the bits of lawn and terrace, the rose-garden and corner of the house where the flaming creeper hung so thickly, I discovered nothing of the odious, Unpure thing her color and grouping had unconsciously revealed.
"The Damned"
Algernon Blackwood
And so, through this singular mood, I came a little nearer to understand the Unpure thing that had stammered out into expression through my sister's talent.
"The Damned"
Algernon Blackwood
For the Unpure is merely negative; it has no existence; it is but the cramped expression of what is true, stammering its way brokenly over false boundaries that seek to limit and confine.
"The Damned"
Algernon Blackwood