« No wonder he and Sherrie might find themselves drawn to students. It’s not as if they’re perverts out of Dangerous Liaisons, two old vampires conspiring to suck the youth from the young. Their hearts are heat-seeking missiles drawn to whatever’s still burning. They’re like those old men in the Kawabata novel frequenting the brothel where they pay to curl up and sleep beside the warm bodies of young beautiful women. Christ! It’s all so depressing Swenson thinks he might weep. Age and death – the unfairness of it, the daily humiliation of watching your power vanish just when you figure out how tu use it. »
From Blue Angel, a novel by Francine Prose.
gah! so true. unless you believe in reincarnation. I definitely feel I’ll be wiser next time around.
Tournure litt�raire au bon vieux �Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait�…
I’m a sucker for references inside books – when I get them, that is. Like here: I’ve actually read the Kawabata novel, and don’t I feel smart:-)
(I like whenever I get fooled into thinking I’m smart, I have no problem admitting it).
it’s not that good a qoute to be honest.
but i suspect you identify with it becaues you fancy young boys, which is fine by me since i’m one of them, and i fancy older women, and i think i’ve shown enough youthful rebellion in above post to qualify for a round of ahem.
Anonymous: Ha ha! You are so funny and adorable, you might actually qualify for a round… if you weren’t anonymous. I like my cute boys without a paper bag on their head.