Sublime

A vida deles em Carricklea, que tinham imbuído de tanto drama e importância, terminou desse jeito, sem conclusão, e jamais seria retomada, jamais da mesma forma.

A couple of months ago, he told me that if he died before he finished it, he wanted me to delete the text from his computer. Just wipe it out and forget it, he said, it’s of no importance. So you erased it? Of course I did. It’s a sin to disobey a person’s dying wish. Good, I thought to myself. Good that this woman won’t have to set eyes on

watch the romances and comedies of his mind projected onto his face,

Father Matthew Mackie

Os sentimentos eram suprimidos com tamanho cuidado na vida cotidiana, forçados a caber em espaços cada vez menores, que acontecimentos aparentemente banais tomavam uma importância insana e assustadora.

acuity