‘And then, with time, I have been able to survive each and every one of my visits thanks to the books I bring with me to read …‘ ( p. 148) #reading #travel #visiting #books #falsecalm

An engineer must never be caught writing poetry.

The keen understanding of the mechanisms of thought, as well as a lightly worn erudition make this short memoir/meditation unexpectedly appealing. Crawford appears to have a better understanding of both philosophy and craft than Sennett and is significantly less patronizing.

A thoughtful, tender meditation on time, memory, and mortality.

‘I wonder if, on some level, I enjoy being mistaken for a local as much as I am frustrated that no one seems to know, or care, where I‘m from.‘

‘Better to write than to dare live, even if living means merely to buy bananas in the sunlight, as long as the sun lasts and there are bananas for sale.‘