The wearisome preoccupation of the elderly---namely the conviction that they had already seen the show but could never pass on the lessons they had learned from it---was not unlike Cassandra's burden, except the anger and bitterness of old people was not the stuff of Homeric epics.
Monday, September 13, 2010
"The wearisome preoccupation of the elderly..."
From Rain Gods, by James Lee Burke, which I am currently reading, a thought that seems pertinent to the day....
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