I recently started something I haven’t done since college. As you lie in bed reading a book, you realize that a certain passage has grabbed your attention. And I find myself desperately searching for a pen on my bedside table to underline a particularly good sentence. Have you ever done something like this? Here are the three parts I marked (and let me know what you’ve been loving lately).
“I didn’t know how to get angry at people yet, so I just copied the behavior I was seeing at home: talking to someone in tight, concise, short sentences until they went crazy.”
— Rachel incident Written by Caroline O’Donoghue
“[My father and grandfather] They both had thick, coarse beards that were carefully groomed…in the name of their love for wells, something that a small child could bury their hands in, something close to the ground. They would reach out because it appeared to be a kind of sacrifice made in their name. ”
— There’s always this year Written by Hanif Abdulaqib
“My curiosity about the Gray is that he’s a huge, ferocious dog on a very tight leash.”
— another great thing Written by Laurie Colwin
In the third piece, a man in the midst of an affair thinks about his lover’s spouse. (Note that someone asked why I read about infidelity: I’m not interested in actual infidelity, but that’s okay read About things the same way I watch the sopranos Although I’m not a big fan of murder and money laundering. I’m just really interested in different people’s lives and why they do the things they do. )
Anyway, this line struck me because I can’t decide if this is something I’m embarrassed to admit or not. — that describes how I feel about the men I’m currently dating and the women I’ve dated before. I’m interested in his romantic past, but I don’t explore because I know even the smallest thing drives me crazy — hence the giant dog, tightly on a leash. Have you ever felt like this? I know it’s uncool, but what a perfect way to put it.
Sometimes a book gets you right in a way that feels like a slap in the forehead. A while ago, I was in a bookstore with a friend. My friend said that he only reads non-fiction because he always wants to learn something when he reads books. He pointed out that we can learn a lot from fiction. “Oh, sure. Sentence structure and syntax and all that,” he replied. “No, about that. The human condition!” I said.
Remember the wise words of Ethan Hawke? “Most people don’t spend a lot of time thinking about poetry…They have lives to live, until their father dies and they go to the funeral. , I don’t really care about Allen Ginsberg’s poems or other people’s poems. You lose a child, you lose your heart, someone doesn’t love you anymore, and all of a sudden you make meaning out of this life. Desperately, I asked myself, “Is there anyone else who has gone through such a painful experience?” How did they come out of this cloud? ‘And that’s when you need it.
Tell us: What have you been reading lately? Which line left an impression on you? Novel, poetry, non-fiction, memoir, please listen!
PS This poem is so romantic that I can’t help but think about dark and funny books.
Source: Cup of Jo – cupofjo.com
