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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Almosts and Not Quites

"I like to think that your mother is almost whole," he said. "So much in life is about almosts, not quites." --page 133 Alice Sebold's The Almost Moon.

How true this seems. In the world of make believe, every story we tell has the neatness of a gift wrapped birthday present. Life on the other hand rarely does--almosts and not quites rule.

posted by Axile Himalo at 2:20 PM