Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

This isn't much of a post in length, but I am feeling all the things.

I stated at the beginning of 2014 (via Facebook) that I really wanted to take an invigorating literary journey this year. And I have done well.

I just finished Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. And I will say nothing about it. Except that you should read it and it will stay with me.

The 1995 remake of the Billy Wilder classic Sabrina is my favorite movie. I have stated this (via Instagram) before.

There is a moment in that movie where Sabrina has returned home after an evening out with Linus. She comes in and sees her father sitting in his chair amidst a pile of books reading.

"I love so many things about you dad, but you know what I love best of all? That you decided to become a chauffeur because you wanted to have time to read. All my life I've pictured you sitting in the front seat of a long succession of cars waiting for the Larabees and reading."

I have loved that section from a young age. It is something that has been in my mind lately as well. I mentioned it to a friend today.

Tonight I was at work...it was the invited dress for the PublicLab production of Suzan Lori Parks Father Comes Home from the War (Parts I, II and III). This is relevant to nothing other than the fact that it is three (plus) hours long and I was the ticket taker tonight and the house manager sat in so I sat out. I spent three hours sitting in a chair reading.

And I cannot remember the last time I was that content.