Life goes on; life stays the same; everything changes (с)
Вот есть такое правило интернета - на каждое "мне не нравится" появляется два "а нам не нравится, что тебе не нравится", в ответ идет "а мне не нравится, что тебе не нравится, что тому не нравится" и так катится до второго потопа. Красота же.
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На самом деле я хотела запостить один рассказик из книги "The Realm of Possibility" (а именно рассказик "The Patron Saint of Stoners" - и это название так удивительно подходит), но ее все еще нет в сети. Поэтому просто цитаты из разных рассказов той книги (учитывая, что это даже не самая моя любимая книга Левитана). И оно в таком виде, потому что оно верлибром написано, вся книга.
Getting what you want is just as difficult
as not getting what you want. Because then
you have to figure out what to do with it
instead of figuring out what to do without it.
the first time he asked me out on a date i almost
cried. this was in the middle of junior year. having
someone think of me that way was like discovering
a new window in the room i’d lived in all my life
I’ve lost track of where friendship ends and falling begins.
(this is the foolish refrain of the hopelessly devoted.)
there are times I want to kiss you mid-sentence.
undo the not-doing with one gesture
you know, he says, you’ll get through this
you live each day one at a time
you live every day all at once
you live with the possibility of good-bye
you move on
I don’t want to be with him
constantly and forever. I want to be with him for the moment,
and I want the moments to go on forever.
I loved being the supporting character,
because I felt like it was my way of supporting.
I asked for nothing in return
and wanted so much.
I’m not good at relationships
I always manage to find the flaws
sometimes in others
but mostly my own.
I foretell the ending
then go and create the cause
save myself
and end up alone
“All I want is you” is not entirely true. I want so much more, and with you I think I can get it
The well-documented difference
Between alone and lonely
The comfort of knowing
А вообще это надо полностью читать.
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На самом деле я хотела запостить один рассказик из книги "The Realm of Possibility" (а именно рассказик "The Patron Saint of Stoners" - и это название так удивительно подходит), но ее все еще нет в сети. Поэтому просто цитаты из разных рассказов той книги (учитывая, что это даже не самая моя любимая книга Левитана). И оно в таком виде, потому что оно верлибром написано, вся книга.
Getting what you want is just as difficult
as not getting what you want. Because then
you have to figure out what to do with it
instead of figuring out what to do without it.
the first time he asked me out on a date i almost
cried. this was in the middle of junior year. having
someone think of me that way was like discovering
a new window in the room i’d lived in all my life
I’ve lost track of where friendship ends and falling begins.
(this is the foolish refrain of the hopelessly devoted.)
there are times I want to kiss you mid-sentence.
undo the not-doing with one gesture
you know, he says, you’ll get through this
you live each day one at a time
you live every day all at once
you live with the possibility of good-bye
you move on
I don’t want to be with him
constantly and forever. I want to be with him for the moment,
and I want the moments to go on forever.
I loved being the supporting character,
because I felt like it was my way of supporting.
I asked for nothing in return
and wanted so much.
I’m not good at relationships
I always manage to find the flaws
sometimes in others
but mostly my own.
I foretell the ending
then go and create the cause
save myself
and end up alone
“All I want is you” is not entirely true. I want so much more, and with you I think I can get it
The well-documented difference
Between alone and lonely
The comfort of knowing
А вообще это надо полностью читать.