A Slip of the Tongue/ V.N. Naipaul
It sometimes happens that when you make a slip of the tongue you don’t want to correct it. You try to pretend that what you said was what you meant. And then it often happens that what you said was what you meant. And then it often happens that you begin to see that […]
The Way We Are/ Scott Fitzgerald
“The growth of intimacy is like that. First one gives off his best picture, the bright and finished product mended with bluff and falsehood and humor. Then more details are required and one paints a second portrait, and a third—before long the best lines cancel out—and the secret is exposed at last; the planes of […]