Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, a portrait of two lovers.
"A few times in my life I’ve had moments of absolute clarity. When for a few brief seconds the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think, and things seem so sharp and the world seems so fresh. It’s as though it had all just come into existence.
I can never make these moments last. I cling to them, but like everything, they fade. I have lived my life on these moments. They pull me back to the present, and I realize that everything is exactly the way it was meant to be."
I can never make these moments last. I cling to them, but like everything, they fade. I have lived my life on these moments. They pull me back to the present, and I realize that everything is exactly the way it was meant to be."
--Christopher Isherwood, A Single Man
8 comments:
Nice house, too.
Yes, isn't it? I think Isherwood may be my favorite writer, along with Vonnegut, of course.
Well, nothing lasts.
So true, Mary. Love you.
Wonderful stuff. I love Isherwood. I must rent A Single Man. Hope you're good my friend xx
I live my life for moments that come every day, if I choose to open my eyes and see. I have moments of clarity if I am present.
Syd,
You are right--PRESENT is KEY.
Love you lots.
SB
... and when those moments of clarity arrive, sometimes they confirm what you already knew, if you let yourself believe ...
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