tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post8958793188128353578..comments2023-09-17T00:52:27.888+10:00Comments on Girl With a Satchel: Thinkings: Susan Neiman on light, cracks and Leonard CohenErica Bartle (nee Holburn)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03115131016810116605noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2042413869472011551.post-43255457091157529102012-09-12T17:06:58.663+10:002012-09-12T17:06:58.663+10:00This reminds me so much of one of my favourite boo...This reminds me so much of one of my favourite books, Paper Towns by John Green. There's a quote that says: <br /><br />"Each of us starts out as a watertight vessel. And these things happen - these people leave us, or don't love us, or don't get us, or we don't get them, and we lose and fail and hurt one another. And the vessel starts to crack open in places. And I mean, yeah, once the vessel cracks open, the end becomes inevitable. But there is all this time between when the cracks start to open up and when we finally fall apart. And it's only in that time that we can see one another, because we see out of ourselves through our cracks and into other through theirs. When did we see each other face-to-face? Not until you saw into my cracks and I saw into yours. Before that, we were just looking at ideas of each other, like looking at your window shade but never seeing inside. But once the vessel cracks, the light can get in. The light can get out."<br /><br />It's one of my favourite ever quotes because the idea behind it, just like the idea behind your "thinking" today, is so beautiful.<br /><br />xxxxfrangipani princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436351134946934242noreply@blogger.com