There is nothing quite as destructive, distracting,
and ultimately stupid as family warfare. But
it's so hard to gain any objectivity about
declaring a truce and have peace
return to the land.
It would be convenient if one could redesign the past,
change a few things here and there, like certain acts
of outrageous stupidity. But if one could do that
the past would always be in motion. It
would never settle down finally
to days of solid marble.
Women used to pack for me whenever I traveled,
and always did a good job. No woman ever
packed six pair of pants
and only two shirts. But women
are too expensive for me now and I can't afford
another one packing my suitcase for a very, very long time.
It's a lot easier to imagine
that people are talking to themselves,
rather than talking directly to you.
When people are talking directly to you,
it takes an added and more uncomfortable effort
to ignore them.
I can't remember what we had for dinner, but
there was no way that [talking about]
the death of an unfortunate woman
would add an enhancing spice
to what we were eating.
The black and white photograph of Richard Brautigan on the front cover was taken by Annie Leibovitz |
I apologize to anyone offended by the formatting liberties on this page
but, for all intents and purposes, the Brautigan quotes from
but, for all intents and purposes, the Brautigan quotes from
AN UNFORTUNATE WOMAN are verbatim.
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