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John Barth

“So, I begin each day with a gesture of cynicism, and close it with a gesture of faith; or, if you
prefer, begin it by reminding myself that, for me at least, goals and objectives are without value, and
close it by demonstrating that the fact is irrelevant. A gesture of temporality, a gesture of eternity. It is
in the tension between these two gestures that I have lived my adult life.”

John Barth, The Floating Opera
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The Floating Opera The Floating Opera by John Barth
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