APS TOGETHER
Day 6 (November 23) Part I, Chapter V
Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greenep. 57-64, through “They can see your socks.”
November 23, 2024 by Yiyun Li
“You can mock me as much as you like, Sancho. What makes me sad is when you mock my books, for they mean much more to me than myself.”
Ever since my first reading of the novel, this line has lived in my mind. I’ve often felt close to Father Quixote, but here I feel that I am he.
“Oh Sancho, Sancho, it’s an awful thing not to have doubts.”
Another line that speaks of my heart. The longer I teach, the more I think my job is to cultivate healthy and necessary doubts.
Sancho’s story about coitus interruptus: A traveling companion full of stories is a good companion. Father Quixote—though I adore him—doesn’t tell stories.
