This is what I think of the world.
Most of all though, this book is about the chance and strangeness of meeting strangers. It plays on the idea that once someone has come into your life, they is a huge variety of paths that relationship may follow. What we do might not always be correct, but in life sinning is natural. It is truly our ability to deal with our choices which makes us stronger.
Read MoreI suppose it was my Grandma’s last gift to me, to pull me away from myself, my life in the capital, and into the family once more, to support and be supported. To re-charge and re-stock in the company for friends, and for that I am grateful.
Read MoreSo if one thing comes from this seemingly endless terror, it is this: tomorrow and the day after, and the day after that continuously, we all need to take responsibility for our society.
Read MoreThe truth however, is that we live in a society where we are defined by not our own ideals, but the ideals others think we should live by.
Read MoreWhen reading, it's sometimes to take ourselves away from our own world. But I find myself often relating and reading a novel as if themes were borrowed from my own life.
Read MoreQuite a few of the books I've read recently contain a notion of death in all its various forms, and frankly it is never too far away. From 'The Underground Railroad' to 'All The Beautiful Places', this classic ending of life, the great unknown and equaliser of man is a theme close to my heart right now.
Read More
