The Idiosyncratic Idiot

“Getting its history wrong is part of being a nation. [..] In other words, in order to believe in what we think our nation stands for, we must constantly, every day, in small acts or thoughts and large, deceive ourselves, as we constantly rehearse our comforting bedtime stories.” Julian Barnes Barnes And His Obsession With […]

“Great relationships are created, not discovered.” ~ Logan Ury,  Flashback: The situation before I picked up the book I must confess that I was a socially inept person to some extent. The impact of this weakness was exacerbated whenever I went out for a date. Over-dependence on my ‘intelligence’ and my cocky expectation that women […]