I didn’t believe it was happening. But it was.
Just being here, being away, it was all so much easier in a way I didn’t anticipate. In a way I didn’t
think my life could be anymore. It was a huge relief.
Ever hear the one about that dog that spent its life chasing cars and finally caught one—and had no
idea what to do with it?
I’m that dog.
During all the time we were together, I don’t think I ever found out. But once I was with her, I
didn’t need to. We were both music-obsessed, each in our own way. If we didn’t entirely understand
the other person’s obsession, it didn’t matter, because we understood our own.
Y esta es la verdad. Porque puedo tener solo dieciocho años, pero ya parece bastante obvio que el mundo se divide en dos grupos: los que actúan y los que observan. La gente a la que le suceden las cosas y el resto de nosotros, que solo medio perseveran con las cosas.
Gayle FormanI think of me and Melanie when we were younger, on the high dive at the pool in Mexico. We would always hold hands as we jumped, but by the time we swam back up to the surface, we'd have let go. No matter how we tried, once we started swimming, we always let go. But after we bobbed to the surface, we'd climb out of the pool, clamber up the high-dive ladder, clasp hands, and do it again.
We're swimming separately now. I get that. Maybe it's just what you have to do to keep above water. But who knows? Maybe one day, we'll climb out, grab hands, and jumo again.
Tags: friendship growing-up hopeful reality-of-life
I turn to Melanie. It's on her now. She narrows her green eyes at Willem. 'If you rape or murder my friend, I will kill you.'
Willem tsk-tsks. 'You Americans are so violent. I'm Dutch. The worst I will do is run her over with a bicycle.'
'While stoned!' Melanie adds.
'Okay, maybe there's that,' Willem admits.
She believes in saints. I believe in accidents. I think we basically believe in the same thing.
Gayle FormanThat just proves my poit. You have the talent for traveling. I'm not sure that I do. I keep hearing everyone go on about how travel broadens your horizons. I'm not even sure what that means, but it hasn't broadened anything for me, because I'm no good at it. [...] Traveling's not something you're good at. It's something you do. Like breathing.
Gayle FormanI think everything is happening all the time, but if you don't put yourself in the path of it, you miss it. When you travel, you put yourself out there. It's not always great. Sometimes it's terrible. But other times ... [...] It's not so bad.
Gayle FormanThere is a world of difference, Lulu, between falling in love and being in love. [...] You have to fall in love to be in love, but falling in love isn't the same as being in love.
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