Remarkably Bright Creatures: Curl up with 'that octopus book' everyone is talking about
Shelby Van Peltamazon.com
Remarkably Bright Creatures: Curl up with 'that octopus book' everyone is talking about
From the first minute she was a force every bit as recognizable as her mother. That feeling of life coming into the room was unlike anything I’d ever experienced before, a flood of joy. I thought of it ten years later when I climbed into my grandmother’s bed and held her while she died. The light pouring in and the light going out.
Ann Patchett • These Precious Days: Essays
“You’re pale, mamma,” said Michele. “You’re too tired, you work too much. I’ll get you a cognac.” I jumped up, refusing. He insisted. “Thanks,” I said. “I don’t want to drink anything, it’s passed. You’re right, maybe I was a little tired, but now I’m fine.” I smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. “Always the same, you recover immediately,” Michele
... See moreAnn Goldstein • Forbidden Notebook
I looked into its tiny wise eye and wondered where that eye was now. Was it alive and swimming, or had it died long ago, or was it dying now, right this second? When a whale dies, it falls down through the ocean slowly, over the course of a day. All the other fish see it fall, like a giant statue, like a building, but slowly, slowly.