Posts Tagged ‘joan didion’

as we were

In life, quotes on 29 January 2012 tagged as we were, joan didion with no comments

we are not idealized wild things. we are imperfect mortal beings, aware of that mortality even as we push it away, failed by our very complication, so wired that when we mourn our losses we also mourn, for better or for worse, ourselves. as we were. as we are no longer. as we will one [...]

thirteen | year four

In books, images, iphone, life, nablopomo, photography on 13 December 2011 tagged december, joan didion, nablopomo, thirteen with no comments

words of the month | october 2010

In life, quotes on 1 October 2010 tagged joan didion, october, words of the month with no comments

we forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget (joan didion)

thousand word thursday

In family, images, life, photography, places, quotes, thursday on 23 September 2010 tagged duley drive, joan didion, thursday with no comments

you have to pick the places you don’t walk away from. (joan didion)

read this book

In books, life, quotes, words on 11 May 2009 tagged death, joan didion, read this book, the year of magical thinking with no comments

imagine this:  several days before christmas, your only daughter falls ill and lies, unresponsive, in a coma.  you and your husband leave the hospital and sit down to dinner at home.  as you finish mixing the salad, you look over to your husband who is suddenly slumped motionless on the table.  he has suffered a [...]