Flora

by Gail Godwin

But now I say alongside Thomas à Kempis: “I would far rather feel remorse than know how to define it.”

“Because it may be useful to you if ever you start feeling that something bad that happened is all your fault. Fate is far more complicated than that, and thinking you’re in charge of it is egotistical and will only make you sick and waste your life. Are you hearing me?”

‘Suppose love were to evolve as rapidly in our brains as technical skill has done.’