But all attractions are alike,’ he said. ‘They come from an emptiness inside.’ He hammered on this chest with his index finger. ‘Something’s missing and you have to fill it. Books, paintings, people, they’re all the same…”A lot of people do without books and paintings.”True,’ he said, ‘but that doesn’t affect the argument.’ Paris turned his head to one side and chewed on his lip. ‘Of course, nothing ever does the trick. Nobody’s really satisfied for long.

But all attractions are alike,’ he said. ‘They come from an emptiness inside.’ He hammered on this chest with his index finger. ‘Something’s missing and you have to fill it. Books, paintings, people, they’re all the same…”A lot of people do without books and paintings.”True,’ he said, ‘but that doesn’t affect the argument.’ Paris turned his head to one side and chewed on his lip. ‘Of course, nothing ever does the trick. Nobody’s really satisfied for long.

– Siri Hustvedt –

The Blindfold

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