from The Curtain, by Milan Kundera

[kokopopo]

Who has not sometimes wondered:  suppose I had been born somewhere else, in another country, in another time, what would my life have been?  The question contains within it one of mankind's most widespread illusions, the illusion that brings us to consider our life situation a mere stage set, a contingent, interchangeable circumstance through which

Comments

[blue_by_you]

What a fascinating quote. I'm going to be thinking on this for a very long time.

[blue_by_you]

Question?

Did you know James Rubin when you were at Columbia?

[kokopopo]

I don't recall him, but I may have. The name sounds familiar.

Um, don't believe anything he tells you about me.

[mgarriga]

he's always so amazingly zen to me.

[kokopopo]

Hey - long time no hear! I guess you are being zen-like yourself . . .