you would think almost everything this book contains would be common knowledge by now but after seeing americans' reactions to biden's letter to ameriyou would think almost everything this book contains would be common knowledge by now but after seeing americans' reactions to biden's letter to america i think this should be a mandatory read in the west, provided they don't have a stroke
i don't think i have anything new to add to this conversation but that this should be a mandatory read for everyone, feminist or noti don't think i have anything new to add to this conversation but that this should be a mandatory read for everyone, feminist or not...more
"The sensation of time passing is not inside us. It comes from the outside, from children who grow up, neighbors who leave, from people growing older "The sensation of time passing is not inside us. It comes from the outside, from children who grow up, neighbors who leave, from people growing older and dying. Bakeries that close and are replaced by driving schools or television repair shops. The cheese department moved to the back of the supermarket, which is no longer called Franprix but Leader Price."...more
"It was normal to feel ashamed: I saw it as an inescapable fatality resulting from my parents’ occupation, their financial troubles, their working-cla"It was normal to feel ashamed: I saw it as an inescapable fatality resulting from my parents’ occupation, their financial troubles, their working-class background and the way we generally behaved. And the events of that Sunday in June. Shame became a new way of living for me. I don’t think I was even aware of it, it had become part of my own body."...more
the prose is profound; especially the way patti smith explored the process behind the short story 'devotion'. however, the short story itself felt likthe prose is profound; especially the way patti smith explored the process behind the short story 'devotion'. however, the short story itself felt like it wasn't fleshed out properly...more
"So it is outside my own life that my past existence lies: in passengers commuting on the subway or the RER; in shoppers glimpsed on escalators at Auc"So it is outside my own life that my past existence lies: in passengers commuting on the subway or the RER; in shoppers glimpsed on escalators at Auchan or in the Galeries Lafayette; in complete strangers who cannot know that they possess part of my story; in faces and bodies which I shall never see again. In the same way, I myself, anonymous among the bustling crowds on streets and in department stores, must secretly play a role in the lives of others."...more
"I shall never hear the sound of her voice again. It was her voice, together with her words, her hands, and her way of moving and laughing, which link"I shall never hear the sound of her voice again. It was her voice, together with her words, her hands, and her way of moving and laughing, which linked the woman I am to the child I once was. The last bond between me and the world I come from has been severed."...more
"I would relive moments of that period, insignificant in themselves—…—with such vivid detail that I wondered why it wasn’t possible to slip into that "I would relive moments of that period, insignificant in themselves—…—with such vivid detail that I wondered why it wasn’t possible to slip into that particular day or moment as easily as one slips into another room."
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