The Red Parts
On Keeping a Notebook - Joan Didion
Joan Didion reflects on the personal and introspective nature of keeping a notebook, delving into memory, self-reflection, and the significance of past experiences.
pdf-objects.comI AM NOT SURE, myself, that I should open the door of Mrs. Garr’s house and let you in. I’m not at all sure that the truth about what happened there is tellable. People keep saying to me that the rumors going around are simply ghoulish, and ought to be laid to rest. But I’ve heard those rumors, some of them at least, and they’re not a bit more nigh
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He read the suicide story twice against the racket of steel blades grinding single estate beans. Something rankled. There was a prolonged and dangerous-sounding hissing, and a solitary stream of espresso poured into a white cup. Edward Fellowes jumped from the bridge late on Thursday night. But there were any number of bridges along the Tyne, why w
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I’m not sure if Dean regrets leaving Afghanistan or regrets going there to begin with. Don’t know whether the frustration that simmers beneath the edge in his voice is trauma or longing. I question whether the fact that he’s killed means he needs to believe in war. Wonder if he remembers I became a spy to wage peace. I can’t ask him any of this alo
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