@thenextpage.bsky.socialFinished #Marshlands
#AndréGide
Finally,Hubert was moved to speak: "Why do you want to upset her if she's happy how she is?"
"But she isn't happy,my friend! She thinks she is, because she is unaware of her condition; you must admit, to be blind as well as average makes it that much more pathetic."
@thenextpage.bsky.social“Angela, Angela, please! When will you understand what books are about? What I'm trying to express is the emotion I get from my life: boredom, vanity, monotony…And as for you and me, Angela, I promise you, our own prospects are even duller and more mediocre."
@thenextpage.bsky.social“Me!" I answered, a bit ashamed. "I am writing Marshlands…story of a bachelor living in a tower surrounded by marshes."
… “That's it…what does he do?"
"He looks at the scoters."
After a long silence, she said: "Why do you write these books of yours?"
