Tuesday, May 5

Just Need To

IN THE YEARS AFTERWARD, I FLED WHENEVER SOMEBODY BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND ME. THAT HAS SUBSIDED. BUT ONE THING REMAINED: I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO UNDERSTAND ME COMPLETELY. I WANT TO GO THROUGH LIFE UNKNOWN. THE BLINDNESS OF OTHERS IS MY SAFETY AND MY FREEDOM.

Pascal Mercier, Night Train to Lisbon



I thought I've had enough. The pain was the signal fire. But like a fire, a mundane element, the pain slowly ebbed away. Then as soon as the fire rekindled and the pain reawakened, I came to deep thinking of how one defines the word as complex as "enough".