Status Updates From Too Much of Life: The Compl...

I can say as Julio Cortázar did: pull the bow as taut as you can while you’re writing, then release the arrow and go and enjoy a bottle of wine with your friends. The arrow will fly through the air and will either hit or miss the target: only a fool would try to alter its trajectory or run after it to help it along a little, with his or her eyes on eternity and international fame.

What saves us from loneliness is the loneliness of each and every other person. Sometimes, when two people are together, even if they talk, what they are silently communicating to each other is the feeling of loneliness.