Pain & Surprise
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Pain & Surprise
We are all living, at most, half of a life, she thought. There was the life that you lived, which consisted of the choices you made. And then, there was the other life, the one that was the things you hadn’t chosen. And sometimes, this other life felt as palpable as the one you were living. Sometimes, it felt as if you might be walking down Brattle
... See moreGabrielle Zevin • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel
“[mistrust] the woman’s process of abstraction, simply because I’d grown weary of life in the abstract. For most of the people we were acquainted with, Manu and I were nothing more than our countries of origin, our accents, our work. And I yearned for a specific existence.”
Cara Blue Adams • Infra-ordinary People | Cara Blue Adams
Jenna Guarascio added
“yearned for a specific existence”
Or, I tried to avoid pain
Thought Catalog • From Failure to Fresh Start
juarry added
would never be able to reconcile all the parts of my identity. A daughter who lives far from family. A friend who spends too much time at work. A wanderer but a type A planner. I wondered if I would ever be one, whole person. But now I am not hoping for completeness of any kind. All I can think of are the logistics. One night I wake up almost every
... See moreKate Bowler • Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
are all living, at most, half of a life, she thought. There was the life that you lived, which consisted of the choices you made. And then, there was the other life, the one that was the things you hadn’t chosen. And sometimes, this other life felt as palpable as the one you were living. Sometimes, it felt as if you might be walking down Brattle St
... See moreGabrielle Zevin • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel
Everything is more precious, everything is more fragile. I’ll invest in the room I’m in. I’ll paint the acrylic frames above my bed and try to make it a home I want to return to. I’ll devote myself to hyper-local communities even if I’m unsure where I’ll be in a year. I’ll invest in the love between us, even when there’s no guarantee of permanence.... See more
modern friendship
Before his hospitalization, he’d done things he didn’t want to do all the time, and he’d gotten so good at muffling his own preferences that he was rarely aware of them. Knowing he didn’t want to jog along the lake path, and saying so, felt like progress.
Ann Napolitano • Hello Beautiful: THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
