So, I begin each day with a gesture of cynicism and close it with a gesture of faith; or, if you prefer, begin it by reminding myself that, for me at least, goals and objectives are without value, and close it by demonstrating that the fact is irrelevant. A gesture of temporaility, a gesture of eternity. It is in the tension between these two gestures that I have lived my adult life.
— John Barth, The Floating Opera
Posted January 8, 2010 at 8:23am
