Pleasure is, after all, a luxury. It's love that's essential.
John DufresneA lack of narrative structure, as you know, will cause anxiety.
John DufresneYou can't possibly conduct a proper affair without a lot of deliberating, scheming, speculating, and conniving. It's a delicate balance where the excitement must equal the guilt and sex must be as bright as the future you gamble.
John DufresneUnderstanding is not about progress; its about process. What we may finally come to understand is that we won't,can't,understand and that incomprehension is essential to our existance. Mystery is our maker.
John DufresneThe purpose of the first draft is not to get it right, but to get it written.
John DufresneLove is anticipation and memory, uncertainty and longing. It’s unreasonable, of course. Nothing begins with so much excitement and hope and pleasure as love, except maybe writing a story. And nothing fails as often, except writing stories. And like a story, love must be troubled to be interesting.
John DufresneI told her how I thought you could always revise your life, how you could work and work on it, finesse the details, see if what you're saying is what you wanted to be saying.
John DufresneTags: life
Judi, a person’s worth isn’t measured by her utility. We’re not tools. We’re here to think. To feel. To be good to each other
John DufresneTags: love-warps-the-mind-a-little
I used to believe that love and happiness were synonymous. I was a fool. Love intensifies all emotions. Nothing is so painful o so sweet, so thrilling or so desperate... Pleasure is, after all, a luxury. It's love thats essential. You are never so alive as when you love, never so alert, intuitive, attentive, never so smart or so compassionate.
John DufresneTags: love-warps-the-mind-a-little
Memory is a rascal.
John DufresneTags: writing-humor
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