No one who has hoped for something has ever had their hopes perfectly realized. There are compromises, adjustments, contingencies. Eventually, hope becomes indistinguishable from resignation.
- Eugene Thacker, Infinite Resignation
- Eugene Thacker, Infinite Resignation
Sections in the bookstore
- Books you haven't read
- Books you needn't read
- Books made for purposes other than reading
- Books read even before you open them since they belong to the category of books read before being written
- Books that if you had more than one life you would certainly also read but unfortunately your days are numbered
- Books you mean to read but there are others you must read first
- Books too expensive now and you'll wait 'til they're remaindered
- Books ditto when they come out in paperback
- Books you can borrow from somebody
- Books that everybody's read so It's as if you had read them, too
- Books you've been planning to read for ages
- Books you've been hunting for years without success
- Books dealing with something you're working on at the moment
- Books you want to own so they'll be handy just in case
- Books you could put aside maybe to read this Summer
- Books you need to go with other books on your shelves
- Books that fill you with sudden, inexplicable curiosity, not easily justified
- Books read long ago which it's now time to re-read
- Books you've always pretended to have read and now it's time to sit down and really read them
- Books you haven't read
- Books you needn't read
- Books made for purposes other than reading
- Books read even before you open them since they belong to the category of books read before being written
- Books that if you had more than one life you would certainly also read but unfortunately your days are numbered
- Books you mean to read but there are others you must read first
- Books too expensive now and you'll wait 'til they're remaindered
- Books ditto when they come out in paperback
- Books you can borrow from somebody
- Books that everybody's read so It's as if you had read them, too
- Books you've been planning to read for ages
- Books you've been hunting for years without success
- Books dealing with something you're working on at the moment
- Books you want to own so they'll be handy just in case
- Books you could put aside maybe to read this Summer
- Books you need to go with other books on your shelves
- Books that fill you with sudden, inexplicable curiosity, not easily justified
- Books read long ago which it's now time to re-read
- Books you've always pretended to have read and now it's time to sit down and really read them