‘For people like us, romance is about nothing more than
uncertainty and discovery. It’s like leaping off a cliff into the sea. All the
excitement is in the leap and the fall. Once you hit the water, all that
remains is a tiresome swim back to the shore so you can climb the hill and do
it all over again.’
When I wrote it, I’d had a little more than my usual
prescription of Scotland’s
finest export, so did I agree with it when I viewed it through the cold filter
of sobriety? Mostly, yes, but with a couple of reservations:
a) It’s a bit more complicated than that. The greatest
benefit of alcohol is that things look simpler when you’re under its influence.
b) Rules are not to be trusted unless there are exceptions
to prove them.
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