MANIFESTO
text by GLENN O’BRIEN
artwork by DAN COLEN
glenn o’brien, purple’s beloved new york based editor-at-large and mentor, died three years ago. for the love issue, his wife, gina nanni, shared a selection of his prose. much of it is unpublished
True Love is free.
True Love is expensive.
True Love is new every time.
True Love sometimes requires
a little lying.
True Love gets you where you want to go.
True Love lasts lifetimes.
True love is like a pizza
with everything …
except anchovies.
True Love lasts forever,
give or take a few.
True Love is stranger than fiction.
True Love beats playing the field.
True Love can’t be faked.
True Love helps you lay off
the donuts.
True Love turns Brooklyn to Paris,
and the subway into
the Orient Express.
True Love saved my life.
True Love is a permanent vacation.
True Love is all sunrises,…