we're all just numbers, aren't we?
“ When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That’s what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.
—Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
—Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things
So here’s a story. It may be true or false, fiction or non-fiction, but the thing with stories is that somewhere in the past, present, or future, someone experienced or is experiencing or will experience some part of this, this feeling or event or something inbetween.
“ And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways, they can’t ever be fixed, and this is something nobody ever tells you when you are young and it never fails to surprise you as you grow older as you see the people in your life break one by one. You wonder when your turn is going to be, or if it’s already happened.
—Douglas Coupland, Life After God
—Douglas Coupland, Life After God
I needed to get away. I needed to get away from the poison, it’s thick honey-sweet smell seeping into every crack.
“ It is a curious thing, the death of a loved one. We all know that our time in this world is limited, and that eventually all of us will end up underneath some sheet, never to wake up. And yet it is always a surprise when it happens to someone we know. It is like walking up the stairs to your bedroom in the dark, and thinking there is one more stair than there is. Your foot falls down, through the air, and there is a sickly moment of dark surprise as you try and readjust the way you thought of things.
—Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid
—Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid
