Come into my life

And this is what living next to a waterfall is like, Safran. Every widow wakes one morning, perhaps after years of pure and unwavering grieving, to realize she slept a good night’s sleep, and will be able to eat breakfast, and doesn’t hear her husband’s ghost all the time. Her grief is replaced witha useful sadness. Every parent who loses a child finds a way to laugh again. The timbre beins to fade. The edge dulls. The hurt lessens. Every love is carved from loss.

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (via thechocolatebrigade)

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Notes: 31 1/23/12 — 8:46am Filed under: #Everything Is Illuminated #Jonathan Safran Foer

I am always sad, I think. Perhaps this signifies that I am not sad at all, because sadness is something lower than your normal disposition, and I am always the same thing. Perhaps I am the only person in the world, then, who never becomes sad. Perhaps I am lucky.

Jonathan Safran Foer, ‘Everything is Illuminated’ (via thoughtfox)

Notes: 1534 12/24/10 — 11:18pm Filed under: #Jonathan Safran Foer #Everything Is Illuminated

I’m so glad this week is ending. That’s how I feel about every week, of course, but next week is Spring Break and I want to enjoy it. Josie is staying for the week and it’s always nice to have her over. Camp out on Tuesday. Wisdom teeth coming out on Thursday (and Shane’s birthday). Reading a lot.

I hate how little I read nowadays. It used to be to where I had a book in my hand every chance I got. Once upon a time. Fiction is much more exciting than reality, so why do I stay here all the time?

This book is taking me a painfully long time to finish, I know. I suppose part of the reason is because I don’t want it to end. I’m really enjoying it, and it’s breaking my heart like everyone said it would. It’ll probably be one of those books I reread once a year just because. I hope so.

PRINT THIS POST Notes: 5 3/11/10 — 10:39pm Filed under: #why should i care? #everything is illuminated #reality #sleep #tags #listentothewise