Status Updates From Le Temps de l'innocence

"He must do nothing to make this meeting their last; he must leave their future in her care, asking only that she keep fast hold of it."

Ellen, i know what it's like. ellen i think i understand you more than anything else. this is the part of the book where i begin to get ripped apart piece by piece.

there is something so incredibly real about this book, despite how far away it feels to read about NY Gilded Age. Reminds me of this quote:

"You read something which you though only happened to you, and you discover that it happened 100 years ago to Dostoyevsky. This is a very great liberation for the suffering, struggling person, who always thinks that he is alone. This is why art is important."

I think I really would have liked this book if I had read it when I was in high school or my early years at college, back when I was romantic and full of dreamy ideals. Now all I see is a silly man and a silly woman creating problems for themselves and everyone around them for no reason whatsoever.