Analog Love
Doug had met another woman while visiting a friend in Tucson, and they’d fallen in love. For a while they’d sent a flurry of faxes to each other, then several days passed without Doug hearing from her.
Jon Krakauer • Into Thin Air
I wasn’t available for marriage. Not to be her boyfriend. But to be something. I thought, how nice. We can do this. We can recognize we can never be together. But maybe we can carve out a space for this in our lives. We can go on secret dinners. We can maybe hold each other in the parking lot. Maybe kiss. Share sweet emails. Enjoy our emotional con
... See moreAda Calhoun • Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give
tiem moves like slowsand
Time does not so much stop but sloshes around, viscous, gloppy, unsettling in a way that does not come out in the wash, like you’re stuck in quicksand that is by no means quick, it is slowsand, your daily descent so minuscule you do not realize it is happening until its too late, like the frog in the water that boils so slo
... See morecomes and goes when it pleases. Sometimes it stays for life; other times it stays for a second, a day, a month, or a year. So don’t fear love when it comes simply because it makes you vulnerable. But don’t be surprised when it leaves, either. Just be glad you had the opportunity to experience it. I’m very loosely paraphrasing, but his ideas reverbe
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