Now, The Old Man Happened To Be

In General Confusion Youth Recognizes Itself And Rejoices.

You're The Sort Of Person Who, On Principle, No Longer Expects Anything Of Anything. There Are Plenty, Younger Than You Or Less Young, Who Live In The Expectation Of Extraordinary Experiences: From Books, From People, From Journeys, From Events, From What Tomorrow Has In Store. But Not You. You Know That The Best You Can Expect Is To Avoid The Worst.

How Well I Would Write If I Were Not Here!

You Take Delight Not In A City's Seven Or Seventy Wonders, But In The Answer It Gives To A Question Of Yours.

You Are About To Begin Reading Italo Calvino's New Novel, If On A Winter's Night A Traveler.