Molly Simpson
@spagmol
Spaghetti-brained. Googly-eyed.
I collect dots here so that I can connect them everywhere.
Molly Simpson
@spagmol
Spaghetti-brained. Googly-eyed.
I collect dots here so that I can connect them everywhere.
Sometimes there are times in our lives of incredible intensity, of crazy love or change or unbelievable grief, and then also there are fallow years where little happens, years you barely notice in their passing. And I think maybe the book is not just about intensity but about the space around it too, like the space it leaves in its passing and the
... See moreOf course, part of the problem is that we usually only know we were falling in love after it’s happened. Retrospect wears the right amount of cologne and pours you a third glass of wine you sip by candlelight because Retrospect is seductive like that.
It could take days or weeks or months before Retrospect waves you over before punching you in the
... See moreApril hath put a spirit of youth in everything.
— William Shakespeare
We have to allow ourselves to realize that we are complete fools; otherwise, we have nowhere to begin. We have to be willing to be a fool and not always try to be a wise guy. We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first wisdoms.