...news' is often a polite way of saying 'editor's whim.
Tom RachmanHere is a fact: nothing in all civilization has been as productive as ludicrous ambition. Whatever its ills, nothing has created more. Cathedrals, sonatas, encyclopedias: love of God was not behind them, nor love of life. But the love of man to be worshiped by man.
Tom RachmanWhat's remarkable about fiction is that it places you in the unusual position of having no trajectory. You stand aside, motives abandoned for the duration. The characters have the trajectories now, while you just observe. And this stirs compassion that, in real life, is so often obscured by our own motives.
Tom RachmanWe enjoy this illusion of continuity, and we call it memory. Which explains, perhaps, why our worst fear isn’t the end of life but the end of memories.
Tom RachmanBasically, financial reporting is this sinking hole at the centre of journalism. You start by swimming around it until finally, reluctantly, you can't fight the pull anymore and you get sucked down the drain into the biz pages.
Tom RachmanTags: journalism financial-reporting
What is wrong with guys? Half are molting; half are nothing but undergrowth.
Tom RachmanI got myself into a tangle. I tied myself in knots. I built and I built–heaven knows I have done that well. Those skyscrapers, full of tenants, floor after floor, and not a single room containing you.
Tom RachmanSo why do you kiss someone?" she asks. "To give pleasure or to take it?
Tom RachmanDon't people drown their sorrows in things like scotch? Not strawberry whatever-it's-called.
Tom RachmanOur worst fear isn't the end of life but the end of memories.
Tom RachmanTags: death
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