Resolution and conclusion are inherent in a plot-driven narrative.

Resolution and conclusion are inherent in a plot-driven narrative.

Thomas Jefferson went through the New Testament and removed all the miracles, leaving only the teachings. Take a source, extract what appeals to you, discard the rest. Such an act of editorship is bound to reflect something of the individual doing the editing: a plaster cast of an aesthetic-not the actual thing, but the imprint of it.

Momentum, in literary mosaic, derives not from narrative but from the subtle, progressive buildup of thematic resonances.

Story seems to say that everything happens for a reason and I want to say, No, it doesn’t.

I don’t know what’s the matter with me, why I’m so adept at distance, why I feel so remote from things, why life feels like a rumor.

The absence of plot leaves the reader room to think about other things.