The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.
Zachary Mason – The Lost Books of the Odyssey
Changing Past
C
Life’s Fortuities
L
A man’s life is a sequence of fortuities.
Zachary Mason – The Lost Books of the Odyssey
Self-made Fortune
S
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Zachary Mason – The Lost Books of the Odyssey
Memory Analogy
M
Memory is like an Ithaca of the mind.
Zachary Mason – The Lost Books of the Odyssey
Mortal Envy
M
The gods envy us because we’re mortal.
Zachary Mason – The Lost Books of the Odyssey
Wolf Metaphor
W
All stories are about wolves. All worth repeating, that is. Anything else is sentimental drivel.
Zachary Mason – The Lost Books of the Odyssey
Time Geography
T
Maps are of two kinds. Some seek to represent the location of things in space. That is the first kind – the geography of space. But others represent the locations of things in time – or perhaps their progression through time. These maps tell stories, which is to say they are the geography of time.
Zachary Mason – The Lost Books of the Odyssey
Native Land Loss
N
There is no greater sorrow on earth than the loss of one’s native land.
Zachary Mason – The Lost Books of the Odyssey
Legacy Stories
L
In the end, all men will become stories.
Zachary Mason – The Lost Books of the Odyssey
Unrestrained Sea
U
The sea does not like to be restrained.
Zachary Mason – The Lost Books of the Odyssey