Sunday, January 06, 2008

‘Danielle reflected that growing up, coupling, was a process of growing away from mirth, as if, like an amphibian, one ceased to breathe in the same way: laughter, once vital sustenance, protean relief and all that made isolation and struggle and fear bearable, was replaced by the stolid matter of stability: nominally content, resigned and unafraid, one grew to fear jokes and their capacity to unsettle. Where there had been laughter, there came a cold breeze... All of them, all three of them: a year ago, they’d been still linked, inexorably and, they’d thought, forever. It was supposedly better this way – each of them had found her heart’s desire- but did they laugh as they had done for so many years? Would they every laugh that way again, or was it over, now, in the Realm of Adult Sobriety?’
- The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud

Been in a comtemplative mood over the new year. crossing over to yet another new year, reflecting on the year that has gone by.. sure makes the passage of time so apparent. Maybe 'cause of certain recent experiences, been thinking alot about what it means to grow up, about wisdom and innocence, about our choices and our dreams, and whether we should even be thinking about such things. maybe all my mindless ramblings just stem from the sudden realisation that i really am getting older. of course, i know we all are.. but i just somehow suddenly feel so unprepared to be my age. if that makes any sense at all =p well, here's wishing all you pple a blessed 2008!