January 2012
1 post
“…the distance that wedged itself between me and my happiness wasn’t...”
– Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer
December 2011
1 post
The Booth at the End
The Booth at the End: The Devil is in the Details
Sometimes the best things in life are those things stumbled upon, enjoyed without hype or expectations. It allows the thing to be enjoyed as it is discovered, without feeling like you have to discover what someone else enjoyed. Nobody told you the wine was smoky with notes of cherries and blackberries, but you enjoyed it because it reminded you of...
November 2011
1 post
Warmth
“Yes, we became very wakeful; so much so that our recumbent position began to grow wearisome, and by little and little we found ourselves sitting up; the clothes well tucked around us, leaning against the head-board with our four knees drawn up close together, and our two noses bending over them, as if our kneepans were warming-pans. We felt very nice and snug, the more so since it was so...
September 2011
3 posts
“Some kind of procession was approaching us, and the light came from the persons...”
– ‘The Great Divorce’ by C.S. Lewis
“{Billy}….turned on the television. He came slightly unstuck in time, saw...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five