capítulo 3 - temporada 1 - Black Mirror.
over and over again.

En ese momento de una felicidad como de oleaje boca arriba de abandono a un deslizarse lleno de álamos, no podía decirle lo que ella hubiera entendido como locura o manía y que lo era pero de otro modo, desde otras orillas de la vida; le hablé de su mechón de pelo, de su bolso rojo, de su manera de mirar el anuncio de las termas, de que no le había sonreído por donjuanismo ni aburrimiento sino para darle una flor que no tenía, el signo de que me gustaba, de que me hacía bien, de que viajar frente a ella, de que otro cigarrillo y otro cinzano. 

Manuscrito hallado en un bolsillo - J.C.

“Why are you breaking down, incidentally? I mean if you’re able to go into a collapse with all your might, why can’t you use the same energy to stay well and busy?”

qué sé yo.

Hay ríos metafísicos, ella los nada como esa golondrina está nadando en el aire, girando alucinada en torno al campanario, dejándose caer para levantarse mejor con el impuso. Yo describo y defino y deseo esos ríos, ella los nada. Yo los busco, los encuentro, los miro desde el puente, ella los nada. Y no lo sabe, igualita a la golondrina. No necesita saber como yo, puede vivir en el desorden sin que ninguna conciencia de orden la retenga. Ese desorden que es un orden misterioso, esa bohemia del cuerpo y el alma que le abre de par en par las verdaderas puertas. Su vida no es desorden más que para mí, enterrado en perjuicios que desprecio y respeto al mismo tiempo. Yo, condenado a ser absuelto irremediablemente por la Maga que me juzga sin saberlo. Ah, dejame entrar, dejame ver algún día como ven tus ojos.

-21

The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Dear Thom:

We had your letter this morning. I will answer it from my point of view and of course Elaine will from hers.

First — if you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you.

Second — There are several kinds of love. One is a selfish, mean, grasping, egotistical thing which uses love for self-importance. This is the ugly and crippling kind. The other is an outpouring of everything good in you — of kindness and consideration and respect — not only the social respect of manners but the greater respect which is recognition of another person as unique and valuable. The first kind can make you sick and small and weak but the second can release in you strength, and courage and goodness and even wisdom you didn’t know you had.

You say this is not puppy love. If you feel so deeply — of course it isn’t puppy love.

But I don’t think you were asking me what you feel. You know better than anyone. What you wanted me to help you with is what to do about it — and that I can tell you.

Glory in it for one thing and be very glad and grateful for it.

The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.

If you love someone — there is no possible harm in saying so — only you must remember that some people are very shy and sometimes the saying must take that shyness into consideration.

Girls have a way of knowing or feeling what you feel, but they usually like to hear it also.

It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another — but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.

Lastly, I know your feeling because I have it and I’m glad you have it.

We will be glad to meet Susan. She will be very welcome. But Elaine will make all such arrangements because that is her province and she will be very glad to. She knows about love too and maybe she can give you more help than I can.

And don’t worry about losing. If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

Love,

Fa

(John Steinbeck - 1958)

hay que dejar de querer ser lo que no se es.

And I can't be running back and fourth forever between grief and high delight.