Postby Gilgamesh » Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:47 pm
Holy Diver wrote:wander wrote:a clockwork orange
Be sure your copy has a glossary, you're going to need it.
You know, I can't remember if I used a glossary when I read it. I don't think I did; after a while, the meaning of most words became clear to me as they were used repeatedly in certain contexts. In any case, you can easily find a glossary online, so it's not much of a problem if his copy doesn't have one. In fact, it might even be a more rewarding experience not to use a glossary, at least insofar as that is possible.
A person...is a shadow which we can never penetrate, of which there can be no such thing as direct knowledge, with respect to which we form countless beliefs, based upon words and sometimes actions, neither of which can give us anything but inadequate and as it proves contradictory information-a shadow behind which we can alternately imagine, with equal justification, that there burns the flame of hatred and of love.
-Marcel Proust, In Search of Lost Time