Mother went out again tonight, looking like a courtesan.

It is quite true what Philosophy says: that Life must be understood backwards. But that makes one forget the other saying: that it must be lived—forwards. The more one ponders this, the more it comes to mean that life in the temporal existence never becomes quite intelligible, precisely because at no moment can I find complete quiet to take the backward- looking position.

Das Werk lobt den Meister. (German: The work proves the craftsman.)

Not invade her privacy! Just sit back and give up on her, as if she were a missing pet or mitten, or dropped penny.

Written By Anne Tyler

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