20 years ago

personally against him

"A bottle of Rioja, pilfered from work, dangled from a plastic bag at Bergmann's wrist; he held an umbrella with his other hand. The wind seemed to be personally against him as he slogged up Camden Road, the bottle banging against his thigh. He had heard it starting when he was getting out of the shower, rain clattering like someone throwing pebbles by the handful at the bathroom window."

~~ from False Economies by Gordon Haber

false economies

"At the cafe, he chucked the copy of Loot on the table—he had barely realized he was still carrying it—then barked his order at the Russian girl. He smoked while he waited for his beans on toast. When it came, he ate in big forkfuls, gulping his tea and hating the English, for their false politeness, their shitty weather and ludicrous food, for how, just when you were feeling good, they always found a way to kick you right in the ass."

~~ from False Economies by Gordon Haber

necessity

"The writer finds himself in the increasingly ludicrous condition of having nothing to write, of having no means with which to write it, and of being constrained by the utter necessity of always writing it."

~~ from Maurice Blanchot's Faux Pas