A veil hangs between the two opposites, a mere slip of a thing that is transparent to warn us or comfort us. You hate now but look through this veil and see the possibility of love; you're sad now but look through to the other side and see happiness. Absolute composure to a complete mess - it happens so quickly, all in the blink of an eye.
Cecelia AhernOur minds do unusual things sometimes, Tamara. When weโre looking for things it takes it upon itself to go down its own route. All we can do is follow
Cecelia AhernAnyway, it doesn't matter how much, how often, or how closely you keep an eye on things because you can't control it. Sometimes things and people just go. Just like that.
Cecelia AhernLife... It's a great and terrible and short and endless thing. None of us come out of it alive.
Cecelia AhernThereโs something completely unnerving about seeing your parents upset. I suppose itโs because theyโre supposed to be the strong ones, but thatโs not just it. Ever since people are kids they use their parents as some sort of measurement for how bad a situation is. When you fall on the ground really hard and you canโt figure out whether it hurts or not you look to your parents. If they look worried and rush toward you, you cry. If they laugh and smack the ground saying โBold ground,โ then you pick yourself up and get on with it.
Cecelia AhernIt's funny how people mark their lives, the benchmarks they choose to decide when the moment is more of a moment than any other. For life is made of them. I like to think the best ones of all are in my mind, that they run through my blood in their own memory bank for no one else but me to see.
Cecelia Ahern