Thereโs a piece of lead where my heart should beat Doctor said too dangerous to take out Youโd better just leave it be Body grew back around it, a miracle, praise be Now, if only I could get through airport security โbullet
Gayle FormanIn Rome, I really wanted an Audrey Hepburn Roman Holiday experience, but the Trevi Fountain was crowded, there was a McDonald's at the base of the Spanish Steps, and the ruins smelled like cat pee because of all the strays. The same thing happened in Prague, where I'd been yearning for some of the bohemianism of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. But no, there were no fabulous artists, no guys who looked remotely like a young Daniel Day-Lewis. I saw this one mysterious-looking guy reading Sartre in a cafe, but then his cell phone rang and he started talking in aloud Texan twang.
Gayle FormanIโve blamed her for all of this, for leaving, for ruining me. And maybe that was the seed of it, but from that one little seed grew this tumor of a flowering plant. And Iโm the one who nurtures it. I water it. I care for it.I nibble from its poison berries. I let it wrap around my neck, choking the air right out of me. Iโve done that. All by myself. All to myself.
Gayle FormanIs that what death would feel like? The nicest, warmest, heaviest never-ending nap? If thatโs what itโs like, I wouldnโt mind.
Gayle Forman