The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir

I’ve just finished this book. I’m not sure if it is a “great” book; it certainly is stirring, thought provoking, and irritating. It made it easier for me to understand the still present split in French society about WWII collaborators. It highlighted the fact that moral absolutes are an impossibility. We are all implicated; we will all compromise to save something we love. The compromise leads to further compromises, perhaps even loss of that loved thing for which the original compromise was made.

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As settled as it gets

I have realised that this goal is always only tentatively possible. I’m settled in here with Christine for as long as I can possible foresee. We are married. We have joint ownership of the house. I have invested money into it. I’m as settled as it’s possible to be. One day, after we retire, we might stay where we are, we might move on.
For now, I’m happy, content, at home, settled. Goad met.

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