Julian Barnes Quote
I met a girl while I was out there: Annie.She was American, travelling round like me.We hooked up, as she put it, and spent threemonths together. She wore plaid shirts, hadgrey-green eyes and a friendly manner; webecame lovers easily and quickly; I couldn’tbelieve my luck. Nor could I believe howsimple it was: to be friends and bed companions,to laugh and drink and smoke a littledope together, to see a bit of the world sideby side—and then to separate without recriminationor blame. Easy come, easy go,she said, and meant it. Later, looking back, Iwondered if something in me wasn’tshocked by this very easiness, and didn’t requiremore complication as proofof … what? Depth, seriousness? Although,God knows you can have complication anddifficulty without any compensating depthor seriousness. Much later, I also found myself debating whether Easy come, easygo wasn’t a way of asking a question, andlooking for a particular answer I wasn’t able to supply.
I met a girl while I was out there: Annie.She was American, travelling round like me.We hooked up, as she put it, and spent threemonths together. She wore plaid shirts, hadgrey-green eyes and a friendly manner; webecame lovers easily and quickly; I couldn’tbelieve my luck. Nor could I believe howsimple it was: to be friends and bed companions,to laugh and drink and smoke a littledope together, to see a bit of the world sideby side—and then to separate without recriminationor blame. Easy come, easy go,she said, and meant it. Later, looking back, Iwondered if something in me wasn’tshocked by this very easiness, and didn’t requiremore complication as proofof … what? Depth, seriousness? Although,God knows you can have complication anddifficulty without any compensating depthor seriousness. Much later, I also found myself debating whether Easy come, easygo wasn’t a way of asking a question, andlooking for a particular answer I wasn’t able to supply.