Sentences

From Oscar and Lucinda, by Peter Carey:

My mother would not hear him speak of it, and not because she was silly, but because she understood as women often do more easily than men, that the declared meaning of a spoken sentence is only its overcoat, and the real meaning lies underneath its scarves and buttons.

Books I bought today

(Or: Oops, I was just taking a walk!)

1. A Happy Marriage, Rafael Yglesias
2. Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, Nick Flynn
3. Oscar and Lucinda, Peter Carey
4. Various Antidotes, Joanna Scott
5. American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis
6. Beyond Black, Hilary Mantel