Carolina QuotesThe lives of other people seemed even more farcical than his own. It astonished him that as farcical as most people's live were, they generally gave no sign of it. Why was it that it was he not they who had decided to shoot himself? How did they manage to deceive themselves and even appear to live normally, work as usual, play golf, tell jokes, argue politics? Was he crazy or was it rather the case that other people went to any length to disguise from themselves the fact that their lives were farcical? He couldn't decide.
Walker Percy Connected to the Carolinas
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- The Second Coming (1980)
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- 1980
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“The lives of other people seemed even more farcical than his…” Walker Percy. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-F73085F684. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/f73085f684
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