"In scanning prospects in the spatial sense- as landscape panoramas- the eye knows itself to be looking at prospects in the temporal sense- as possibilities for the future, resources to be developed, landscapes to be peopled or repeopled by Europeans." Pratt, Scratches on the Face of the Country, p. 124.
Successful collaborations inspire envy in me. But "collaborate," someone once told me, also means "to betray".
ReplyDeleteHempel, Amy. "The Uninvited", from The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel. Scribner: New York, 2006. p.330.
How dare you say that. You traitor!
ReplyDeletethanks for the quote Mr Santos Pedro!
ReplyDeleteAmerican Heritage Dictionary:
ReplyDeletecol·lab·o·rate (kə-lāb'ə-rāt')
intr.v. col·lab·o·rat·ed, col·lab·o·rat·ing, col·lab·o·rates
1. To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort.
2. To cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.