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“I’m fine,” she was fine with telling herself.
There are moments in life in which it is made clear to us how vastly we have misunderstood.
In many ways, Nilanjana felt like one of the most important parts of growing up, and of approaching the world as an adult, was understanding the difference between likable and good, and recognizing that one often had no effect on the other.
And she decided that the kind of adult she wanted to be was one that lived openly as much as possible, even if that occasionally meant being open to pain.
Saying a moment is awkward has never made an awkward moment better, but it’s a tactic that humans keep trying over and over.
Why flounder in the void when there is no need to do so? The story ends the same way, no matter how you choose to perceive it. Why not choose to perceive it as meaningful?”
She pulled into the parking lot at Staples (“Life is a hallucination. Buy some pens. Who cares?”).
“We all have many things we would have been good at,” said Darryl. “But
He recognized them for what they were: humans, who were right about some things and wrong about other things and certain about everything.
Happiness is not canceled out by unhappiness. A relationship is not canceled out by its end.
What is experienced and what is believed are not often related.
