Originally Posted By: tsuwm
"If I was not trying out the part of flâneur I was watching C-SPAN coverage of the impeachment proceedings."
- Joseph O'Neill, Netherland (2008)


also from this novel, and coincidentally:
"But the sighting had served as a luxurious instance of the city's ceaseless affirmation of its salvific worth.."

(Bran, you might enjoy this book; it's the story of a Dutch ex-pat living in New York City in the aftermath of 9/11. O'Neill was born in Ireland and raised primarily in Holland, and has worked mostly in London and New York.)