“Come over,’ he said. ‘I’ll order in Chinese.’
‘You speak Chinese now?’
‘Funny guy, Libor. Be here at eight.’
‘You sure you’re up for it?’
‘I’m a philosopher, I’m not sure about anything.’..”
― The Finkler Question
‘You speak Chinese now?’
‘Funny guy, Libor. Be here at eight.’
‘You sure you’re up for it?’
‘I’m a philosopher, I’m not sure about anything.’..”
― The Finkler Question
“Everything his parents repressed, Severin contracted and kept, collected almost, with the ambition to revive it when needed.”
― Within Paravent Walls
― Within Paravent Walls
“Would you rather love the more, and suffer the more; or love the less, and suffer the less? That is, I think, finally, the only real question.”
― The Only Story
― The Only Story
“Finally, if you're wondering if it counts and it feels like it counts, it counts.”
― Emergency Contact
― Emergency Contact
“While his parents never stopped being enigmas to him, Estefania's physicality felt graspable to him, a promise that would not withdraw itself. In Estefania, he saw a world to be painted.”
― Within Paravent Walls
― Within Paravent Walls
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