". . . The future rose up ahead of her, a succession of empty days, each more daunting and unknowable than the one before her. How would she ever fill them all?
She began walking again, south towards The Mound. ‘Live each day as if it’s your last’, that was the conventional advice, but really, who had the energy for that? What if it rained or you felt a bit glandy? It just wasn’t practical. Better by far to simply try and be good and courageous and bold and to make a difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you. Go out there with your passion and your electric typewriter and work hard at . . . something. Change lives through art maybe. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get the chance.
That was her general theory, even if she hadn’t made a very good start of it . . ."
From One Day by David Nicholls
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
My New General Theory
Rambled by Miss M at 1/25/2011
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Just curious on a couple of things.
Do I NEED the typewriter?
And how does one know if they're feeling "glandy?"
The typewriter is optional (the character in the book was saying that in 1988).
And if you're not sure if you're feeling glandy or not, it's mostly likely no.
Post a Comment