"I am not sad, he would repeat to himself over and over again, I am not sad. As if he might one day convince himself. Or fool himself. Or convince others - the only thing worse than being sad is for others to know that you are sad. I am not sad. I am not sad.
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He could have hated her for leaving it there in plain sight, and he could have hated her for the plainness of it, a message without adornment, without any small clue to indicate that yes, this is important, yes this is the most painful note i've ever written, yes, i would sooner die than have to write this again. where were the dried teardrops? where was the tremor in the script?
But his wife was his first and only love, and it was the nature of those from the tiny shtetl (yiddish for village) to forgive their first and only loves, so he forced himself to understand or pretend to understand."
- Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
loving someone is not only about willing wholeheartedly to sacrifice for them, expecting nothing in return but also to be able to forgive them completely.
jiLL divulged at 2:32 PM 0 Comments