Now-" stretching up on tiptoe, to kiss me on the cheek-"let's both be good, and truthful, and kind to each other, and let's be happy together and have fun always." xxii. SO I SPENT THE night-we ordered in, later, and then went back to bed. But though on some level it was all easy enough pretending everything was the same {because, in some way, hadn't we both been pretending all along?} on another I felt nearly suffocated by the weight of everything unknown, and unsaid, pressing down between us, and later when she lay curled against me asleep I lay awake and stared out the window feeling completely alone.
( Donna Tartt )
[ The Goldfinch ]
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