Even then, more than a year earlier, there were neurons in her head, not far from her ears, that were being strangled to death, too quietly for her to hear them. Some would argue that things were going so insiduously wrong that the neurons themselves initiated events that would lead to their own destruction. Whether it was molecular murder or cellular suicide, they were unable to warn her of what was happening before they died.
Lisa GenovaEverything she did and love, everything she was, required language.
Lisa GenovaAnd I have no control over which yesterdays I keep and which ones get deleted. This disease will not be bargained with. I can't offer it the names of the US presidents in exchange for the names of my children. I can't give it the names of state capitals and keep the memories of my husband.
...My yesterdays are disappearing, and my tomorrows are uncertain, so what do I live for? I live for each day. I live in the moment. Some tomorrow soon, I'll forget that I stood before you and gave this speech. But just because I'll forget it some tomorrow doesn't mean that I didn't live every second of it today. I will forget today, but that doesn't mean that today doesn't matter.
But will I always love her? Does my love for her reside in my head or my heart? The scientist in her believed that emotion resulted from complex limbic brain circuitry that was for her, at this very moment, trapped in the trenches of a battle in which there would be no survivors. The mother in her believed that the love she hadd for her daughter was safe from the mayhem in her mind, because it lived in her heart.
Lisa GenovaAlice: I miss myself.
John: I miss you too, Ali, so much.
I smile, loving him for changing with me, for going where my Neglect has taken us, for getting the new me.
Lisa GenovaTags: change
The mother in her believed that the love she had for her daughter was safe from the mayhem of her mind, because it lived in her heart.
Lisa GenovaThank you for all your guidance and wisdom, for setting the bar so much higher than I thought I could reach, and for giving me plenty of room to run with my own ideas. You've been the best teacher I've ever had.
Lisa GenovaAlice watched and listened and focused beyond the words the actress spoke. She saw her eyes become desperate, searching, pleading for truth. She saw them land softly and gratefully on it. Her voice felt at first tentative and scared. Slowly, and without getting louder, it grew more confident and then joyful, playing sometimes like a song. Her eyebrows and shoulders and hands softened and opened, asking for acceptance and offering forgiveness. Her voice and body created an energy that filled Alice and moved her to tears. She squeezed the beautiful baby in her lap and kissed his sweet-smelling head.
The actress stopped and came back into herself. She looked at Alice and waited.
“Okay, what do you feel?”
“I feel love. It’s about love.
Tags: love
Alice katsoi häntä suoraan silmiin. Eräs hänen työtoverinsa oli kerran sanonut, että jos toista katsoo silmiin pitempään kuin kuusi sekuntia muualle vilkuilematta tai silmiä räpäyttämättä, sekä seksin että murhan himo paljastuu. Hän oli suoralta kädeltä hylännyt ajatuksen, mutta se oli kiehtonut häntä sen verran että hän oli kokeillut sitä erinäisiin ystäviin ja tuntemattomiin. Hänen yllätyksekseen Johnia lukuun ottamatta toinen oli aina katsonut muualle ennen kuin kuusi sekuntia oli kulunut.
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