Wednesday, February 01, 2006

for all that

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It is easy to see the beginnings of things, and harder to see the ends.
Didion: Goodbye to-


We remember our own lives, Schopenhauer wrote somewhere, a little better than we do a novel we once read.

Platform by MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ on Page 130

On se souvient de sa propre vie, écrit Schopenhauer, un peu plus que d'un roman qu'on aurait lu par le passé. Oui, c'est cela : un peu plus seulement.
Yes, there it is: a little more only.
not That's about right: a little, no more.