it's the time of year again that makes me wish there was an extra-shelf appearing in the bookshelf, to make space for the books that wait to be read in the new year. also, it's the time of year that makes me wish letting go was easier. so here's an approach of saying good-bye to some books: revisit, and pick the one or other quote. and then, move on from bookshelf to other shelvesinneedofspace in this place...
for the start, a book that has the perfect title for such an undertaking:
Betwixt the Between: Impossible Realism
(Conjunctions #52)
"Given the immensity of the challenge, let me suggest that we start immediately," I said. "There's no time like the present, right, Your Holiness?"
"No, Taktra Kunga, there's only a time like the present," my teacher corrected me. "The past is a tortoise-hair coat. The future is a clam-tooth necklace."
- James Morrow, Bigfoot and the Bodhisattva
"Human greed, corruption—indifference. Humankind has always known what the good life is—except it's fucking bor-ing." Woods spoke cheerily as if by rote. There was a curious—chilling—disjunction between the accusation of his words and the playful banter of his voice.
- Joyce Carol Oates, Uranus
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