Yes, the cause, as they say, I am, deep in thought, compelled to repeat, for once again I don't know why I keep remembering over and over again tiny, absurd details of I don't know what ... I don't know ... But actually I don't know anything at all... so that in the present concrete situation my ignorance is musical, chaos is temporarily suffering fiasco, and I, finding myself inside a glittering cloud of misty harmony, solemnly and sternly continue on my way to the accompaniment of the plaintive strains of funereal trumpets.

Evgeny Popov from The Soul of a Patriot

Omnivore, omnifume, omniboit, omnivoit. You are incapable of selecting - a sure sign of lack of class. That's why you're nothing more than a dabbler. That is somebody who likes everything. Life’s too short. The human condition does not allow it. You can only really find a thing beautiful if you know something about it. He who does not select will perish in the morass. Carelessness, lack of attention, not really knowing anything about anything, the muddy face of dilettantism. The second half of the twentieth century. More opportunities for everyone. More people knowing less about more. The spread of knowledge over as large an area as possible. He who wants to skate over the surface will fall through the ice. Thus spake Bernard Roozenboom.

Cees Nooteboom from Rituals

We should all wear suspenders so our souls won’t droop so much over our heels…maybe then we would stop tripping over our contrived projects

Antonio Lobo Antunes from South of Nowhere

I'm 53 years old, a reader and a traveller. I love food and cooking (I'm half Italian - of non-stereotypical aspect and voice) and I'm rarely without music. I am also a devotee of good films from around the world.

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