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coprime_recs) wrote2004-06-16 04:42 pm
coprime_recs) wrote2004-06-16 04:42 pm
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Nero Wolfe: Breakfast by Nancy
Breakfast (Wolfe/Archie | G | 737 words) is Wolfe's point of view as he muses on himself, his schedule, and Archie dancing. It fits with what I understand of Wolfe very well. And Archie dancing, especially when it's so lovingly described, is a weak spot of mine.
Excerpt:
I do not follow a schedule to be quixotic. I do it to preserve my sanity. One can never entirely govern oneself, but by strict governance of one's surroundings an illusion of control can be created. I can, at least, pretend.
I am well aware that any control I have over my circumstances is an illusion. At any time the world may swat at me. Yet I carefully nurture the pretence. I keep a rigid routine. In exchange, this rigid routine keeps me.
Occasionally variations in my schedule are inevitable. Archie believes that they are good for me, that they stir my blood. They do indeed. For that reason they are to be avoided.
Excerpt:
I do not follow a schedule to be quixotic. I do it to preserve my sanity. One can never entirely govern oneself, but by strict governance of one's surroundings an illusion of control can be created. I can, at least, pretend.
I am well aware that any control I have over my circumstances is an illusion. At any time the world may swat at me. Yet I carefully nurture the pretence. I keep a rigid routine. In exchange, this rigid routine keeps me.
Occasionally variations in my schedule are inevitable. Archie believes that they are good for me, that they stir my blood. They do indeed. For that reason they are to be avoided.