"Usually we walk around constantly believing ourselves. "I'm okay" we say. "I'm alright". But sometimes the truth arrives on you and you can't get it off. That's when you realize that sometimes it isn't even an answer--it's a question. Even now, I wonder how much of my life is convinced."
I'm well into The Book Thief--thanks to insomnia as a result of reading the darn think. I awoke thinking of it at, ahem, 6AM, and when I tried to sleep, I couldn't.
ReplyDeleteI told you. After I finished it I was borderline comatose. Kia said I seemed "muted". That's exactly how it felt for several hours.
ReplyDeleteHmmm...I may have to read this after I finish Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.
ReplyDeleteYou would be a wise woman to do so.
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