Sunday 22 September 2013

The Unbearable Lightness

Just a few moments ago I was sitting in a restaurant below the acropolis reading a book by Flaubert. As I put it down and made to settle the bill, a fear and listlessness suddenly struck me.

What is there to do when you've visited all of the great cities, have read all of the classic novels, and can hum every important piece of music? It's perfectly possible to do this by turning thirty. But what then?

A stupid, arrogant, and irrelevant pondering, but all the same... worrying.