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reading winterson again - after say 4 years - gave a different understanding to the text. now reading it with more knowledge of the appreciation of text, the messages are received with a stinging poignancy. theraputic, painful. but i love it! :D
got written on the body at the nus co-op today. YOU HAD NO IDEA HOW HAPPY I WAS. :D now to find the rest - The Passion, Lighthousekeeping, especially! :D
(I)
'I fear you have a door I cannot see and that any minute now the door will open and you'll be gone. Then what? Then what as I bang the walls like the Inquisition searching for a saint? Where will I find the secret passage? For me it'll just be the same four walls.'
(II)
'You didn't answer. Why do human beings need to answer? Partly I suppose without one, any one, the question itself soon sounds silly. Try standing in front of a class and asking what is the capital of Canada. The eyes stare back of you indifferent, hostile.... While you wait in silence, absolutely the victim, your own mind doubts itself...
Bigger questions, questions with more than one answer, questions without an answer are harder to cope with in silence. One asked they do not evaporate and leave the mind to its serener musings. Once asked they gain dimension and texture, trip you on the stairs, Wake you a night time. A black hole sucks up its surroundings and even light never escapes. Better than to not ask questions?"
somehow she is able to put the most obvious emotions into words - those emotions that we never really bothered about because they come so naturally. this will take me through the night, till i fall asleep on the couch. :)