Thursday, February 03, 2022

Beers & Books CXCVI – Paul Auster

The New York Trilogy
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The world is so unpredictable.
Things happen suddenly, unexpectedly.
We want to feel we are in control of our own existence.
In some ways we are, in some ways we're not.
We are ruled by the forces of chance and coincidence.


Paul Auster * 3 February 1947

2 comments:

  1. Sadly I strongly suspect he is right. Chance and coincidence are much more powerful than any control I can muster.

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    1. Still, it's worthwhile trying to get in control of our own existence, isn't it?

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