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And just when I forget again why he is considered such a master, I stumble upon this —
"... It was not her fault that when he went to her he was already over. How could a woman know that you meant nothing that you said; that you spoke only from habit and to be comfortable? After he no longer meant what he said, his lies were more successful with women than when he had told them the truth.
It was not so much that he lied as that there was no truth to tell. He had had his life and it was over and then he went on living it again with different people and more money, with the best of the same places, and some new ones..."
The Snows of Kilimanjaro.
touché.
Must get back to life, but just another page before I do...
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