Forwarded from alcoholic.exe
A guy goes into a bar and orders three separate shot glasses of Irish whiskey. He drinks all three. He does day after day after day, and the bartender finally says, "You know, I can put all three of those shots into one glass for you." The guy says, "No, I prefer it this way. I have two brothers over in Ireland, and I love them. This glass right here is for Finnian and this one here is for Fergus, and this one is for me. This way I can feel like we here together having a drink."
The power of what is not there.
— Margaret Atwood, Morning in the Burned House; from ‘Shapechangers in Winter’
— Margaret Atwood, Morning in the Burned House; from ‘Shapechangers in Winter’
“Those who live alone do not speak nor write too loud, for they fear the hollow echo.”
—The Gay Science, §182 (excerpt).
—The Gay Science, §182 (excerpt).