David Worth: So, why are you so hell bent on getting this script back?
Jonathan Ames : Well, because I have a chance to work with Jim Jarmusch. And if I do, my whole life could change.
David Worth : Hmm… Sounds like an illusion to me. Lives don’t change. We simply become more comfortable with our core misery. Which is a form of happiness.- Bored to Death
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Miles to go before I sleep
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.- Robert Frost
I adore this poem. Simply beautiful imagery. There is beauty there with such an element of sadness at the edges.
I just purchased a little charm from Etsy with “Miles to go before I sleep” on it. That line has so much resonance with me. It was such a good find! The Etsy site is my new best friend.
Brimming and sloshing
I didn’t want my picture taken because I was going to cry. I didn’t know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or looked at me too closely the tears would fly out of my eyes and the sobs would fly out of my throat and I’d cry for a week. I could feel the tears brimming and sloshing in me like water in a glass that is unsteady and too full.
~Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar.
But I never forget
The reason you haven’t felt it is because it doesn’t exist. What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons. You’re born alone and you die alone and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts. But I never forget. I’m living like there’s no tomorrow, because there isn’t one.
- Don Draper
This quote from Mad Men speaks the truth. Sad but true.
Some things you hear only once but they make complete and utter sense.
Flawed
“For Glynis to get from deciding to the doing was like leaping the stumps of a washed out bridge. To put it another way, she had the engine, but a faulty ignition switch. Glynis could decide to do something and then nothing would happen. It was an interior thing, a design flaw, and probably not one she could fix.”
- Lionel Shriver, “So Much for That”.
This passage is taken from a novel I am reading at the moment, “So Much for That”. The author wrote a book I found quite interesting named “We Need to Talk About Kevin”, thus I was drawn to this new story. I highly recommend “We Need to Talk About Kevin” as reading material. I love the way it examines the relationship between mother and son and the depths with which the narrator struggles with her inherent dislike for him in a world where unconditional love between a mother and child is expected.
I just found out that this novel has been made into a film produced and staring Tilda Swinton (A really awesome red head!) who I think is an exceptional actress so I am excited to see it!
I am not sure how I will like this current novel but I will keep you posted! The particular passage above was one that just stood out on the page. I feel this articulates greatly my own personal lethargy. Big ideas but no motor to power them.
I am quite drowsy as I write this post. Please excuse any flaws.
Antithesis
In order to counteract the negative direction my blog has taken of late I have decided to post at least one beautiful thing each week whether it be a picture, or quote or a piece of writing by some person of talent. I think this is a good way to help improve my mindset and make me examine the brighter things life has to offer.
In honour, I will post this line from Tamerlane (Part II) by Edgar Allan Poe:
“Scorching my seared heart with a pain, not hell shall make me fear again.”
I find it beautiful and meaningful. Obviously, not entirely positive but not negative so that’s a start.
