Wednesday, June 5, 2019

James Salter, a Sport and a Pastime

"I see myself as an agent provocateur or as a double agent, first on one side — that of truth — and then on the other, but between these, in reversals, the sudden defections, one can easily forget allegiance entirely and feel only the deep, profound joy of being beyond all codes, of being completely independent, criminal is the word."

"The sum of small acts begins to unite them, the pure calculus of love."