Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Another vehicle in passing



  

  




  Needless to say, our formal goodbye
  was cool and reserved. It scarcely
  amounted to exchanged looks or a 
  handshake. In the course of our 
  young lives we had parted and met
  again too often for handshakes to
  have become our usual practice.






Thomas Mann
Doctor Faustus
1948





 

1 comment:

  1. Thomas Mann was on of my father’s favorite writers. Just wanted to say “hi” since blog days are null but not void. Merry Christmas, Laurent!

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