Go Down, Moses

I'm only a few stories into Go Down, Moses but I'm enjoying it. There's a bit of the Brer Rabbit feel to it. Something about this Faukner that I really like.

Book Quote

From Google's Quote of the Day:

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.
- Paul Valery

Interesting Cover Choices

I confess I didn't read this book. It just happened to make me laugh out loud in a coffee shop while perusing one person's selection of
Bookcovers that are just plain wrong.

Life Is Like Smoking

excerpt from drunken conversation under mosquito netting:

"Before I was twenty, I mean, I used to think that life was a thing that kept gaining impetus. It would get richer and deeper each year. You kept learning more, getting wiser, having more insight, going further into the truth-" She hesitated.

Port laughed abruptly. "And now you know it's not like that. Right? It's more like smoking a cigarette. The first few puffs it tastes wonderful, and you don't even think of its ever being used up. Then you begin taking it for granted. Suddenly you realize it's nearly burned down to the end. And then's when you're conscious of the bitter taste."