Do you have any final words of advice for the human race?
Let us endeavor so to live that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.
But what if the undertaker represents false values and an oppressive culture?
Then tell him to go to Hell.
coffee with mark twain
n
What a terrible thing it is to botch a farewell. I am a person who believes in form, in the harmony of order. Where we can, we must give things a meaningful shape. For example – I wonder – could you tell my jumbled story in exactly one hundred chapters, not one more, not one less? I’ll tell you, that’s one thing I have about my nickname, the way the number runs on forever. It’s important in life to conclude things properly. Only then can you let go. Otherwise you are left with words you should have said but never did, and your heart is heavy with remorse. That bungled goodbye hurts me to this day. I wish so much that I’d had one last look at him in the lifeboat, that I’d provoked him a little, so that I was on his mind.
m
You can get used to anything – haven’t I already said that? Isn’t that what all survivors say?
Blessed be shock. Blessed be the part of us that protects us from too much pain and sorrow. At the heart of life is a fusebox.
yann martel
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My head was a condemned church with a ceiling of bats, but I swung from this dark mood to euphoria when I thought about leaving.
dave eggers
m
Time is nearly always fleeting in New York. Everything just happens so quickly. With a mini slew of holiday events this week it hit me; New York makes me so happy. In a couple of days I will have been in the city for 6 months. 6 MONTHS! That’s so crazy to me because I still haven’t found an official place to call home yet, however New York is very much my home. Thanks to the great people I’ve met so far who have eased my transition to the city. I’m so grateful for all of you. Thank you New York.
n
How is it possible to miss a woman whom you kept at a distance, so that when she was gone you would not miss her? Steve Martin
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No, what I felt was the torment of waiting, stuck between the end of one sentence and the beginning of the next which might or might not bring a hail storm, plane crash, poetic justice, or a miraculous reversal. Nicole Krauss
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Mattie was in love with Daniel, of course; this was the X within the circle on her map: I love Daniel. Anne Lamott
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‘Because,’ she said, ‘when you’re scared but you still do it anyway, that’s brave.’ Neil Gaiman
m
The Future: I see E twice. As in sEEk, mEEt, and dEEp. Or, it might be a sound you make this wEEk: EEEEEEEEEEE!!! Joy or fear? U tell mee.
good luck,
Miranda
m
A man does what he can; a woman does what a man cannot.
i’m leaving in a few weeks – to some it means everything, others less so
m
thursday: picked up deneice at LAX, gave my final brand presentation at USC
friday: flower market, picked up nicole at LAX
saturday: finally – my graduation party, which was amazing; followed by seven grand, a random warehouse party, and a hotel at 4AM
sunday: sent N back to the east (and didn’t cry saying goodbye since we’ll be together soon), and recovered
m
LA bound for the weekend to see the best people in the world.
n
ohMAAN 