Before building
Before building anything, make certain that it needs to be built, and that you have conceived the best way to build it.
Labels: thought
The only obsession everyone wants: ‘love.’ People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you’re whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You’re whole, and then you’re cracked open.
—Philip Roth
—Philip Roth
Monday, August 29, 2022
