I’ve decided to copy my wife's “dog-eared” feature. These posts will contain quotations from books, music, movies, and whatever else I feel like sharing.
2666: Pheasants
He talks about the friendship of Courbet (the artist) with Proudhon (the Politician) and likens the sensible opinions of the latter with those of a pheasant. On the subject of art, a politician with power is like a colossal pheasant, able to crush mountains with little hops, whereas a politician without power is only like a village priest, an ordinary-sized pheasant.
From Roberto Bolano’s 2666 (page 730).
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