 Tracey Claybon 4/3/01 . chapter 1This was the line that touched me most:
["Lar, listen to me. you've lost something very important. and i don't mean me. something more important than me."] He opened his mouth to protest, but she cut him off. ["i mean your peace of mind ... your happiness. i think i helped you find it for a time, but ... well, when you've lost something, lover, you start looking for it in the last place you can remember seeing or having it, right? So where was the last time and place you can remember being happy, content?"]
That turn of phrase really struck a nerve, in more ways than one.
It's ironic to me that there was a time and place (Seattle WA) when I was the happiest that I've ever been. I have been trying with an effort bordering on obsession to return there since I left it nearly six years ago. No other place, has even come close to it for me in the heart, and I'm STILL trying to return there.
Thank you so much for reminding me of WHY I have been trying so very hard to get back there. |