obsessed with this book "the writing of stones" (pdf link)
in the last chapter, which is on life, in a book about stones that look like this
author roger caillois writes:
"Life appears: a complex dampness, destined to an intricate future and charged with secret virtues, capable of challenge and creation. A kind of precarious slime, of surface mildew, in which a ferment is already working. A turbulent, spasmodic sap, a presage and expectation of a new way of being, breaking with mineral perpetuity and boldly exchanging it for the doubtful privilege of being able to tremble, decay, and multiply."
if you want to read the ending chapter in its short entireity, i highly recommend it. i transcribed it here, so you don't have to scroll through the whole book to get here. unless u want to. in which case, links at the top!
