Doubtless these are inconsequential perplexities. Still, inconsequential perplexities have now and again been known to become the fundamental mood of existence, one suspects.
David MarksonIn fact one frequently seemed to gather all sorts of similar information about subjects one had less than profound interest in.
David MarksonOnce, Turner had himself lashed to the mast of a ship for several hours, during a furious storm, so that he could later paint the storm. Obviously, it was not the storm itself that Turner intended to paint. What he intended to paint was a representation of the storm. One's language is frequently imprecise in that manner, I have discovered.
David MarksonThe morning’s recollection of the emptiness of the day before. Its anticipation of the emptiness of the day to come.
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