Books for a Lifetime/ Marcel Proust

“By the way,” said Swann to my grandfather, “what I was going to tell you has more to do than you might think with what you were asking me just now, for in some respects there has been very little change. I came across a passage in Saint-Simon this morning which would have amused you. […]

The Possibility of Happiness/ Douglas Kennedy

  “Whereas I’m scared of the idea of entrusting my entire future to another person. Because, hell, aren’t they as fallible as I am? And just as scared?” I cut myself off. “Am I ranting here?” Jack threw back his shot of bourbon, and motioned the bartender for more drinks. “You are doing fine,” he […]