“If only she could be so oblivious again, to feel such love without knowing it, mistaking it for laughter. ”
― The Book Thief
― The Book Thief
“In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost.”
― Inferno
― Inferno
“You misinterpret everything, even the silence.”
― The Castle
― The Castle
“there is a loneliness in this world so great
that you can see it in the slow movement of
the hands of a clock.
people so tired
mutilated
either by love or no love.
people just are not good to each other
one on one.
the rich are not good to the rich
the poor are not good to the poor.
we are afraid.
our educational system tells us
that we can all be
big-ass winners.
it hasn't told us
about the gutters
or the suicides.
or the terror of one person
aching in one place
alone
untouched
unspoken to
watering a plant.”
― Love Is a Dog from Hell
that you can see it in the slow movement of
the hands of a clock.
people so tired
mutilated
either by love or no love.
people just are not good to each other
one on one.
the rich are not good to the rich
the poor are not good to the poor.
we are afraid.
our educational system tells us
that we can all be
big-ass winners.
it hasn't told us
about the gutters
or the suicides.
or the terror of one person
aching in one place
alone
untouched
unspoken to
watering a plant.”
― Love Is a Dog from Hell
“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...”
― Meditations
― Meditations
Jack’s 2025 Year in Books
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