Thursday, December 02, 2010

You would never forgive yourself

It was lucky he hadn't finished his sentence. He had to get out of the habit of speaking pointless words.

He didn't know yet that everything he saw had its importance, and became a little more important with each day. You think "school." And you have a ready-made image of it in your mind. But in some cases, the tiniest detail might one day become so precious that you would never forgive yourself for not having looked at it more carefully.

— from Dirty Snow, by Georges Simenon.

2 comments:

Cipriano said...

This citation and the previous posting about Simenon reminds me of this guy I always see in Chapters, and he is FOREVER reading Simenon. He is reading it in the French, though.
I have never heard a negative thing about Simenon.
Your postings, along with the Mystery Man's comments are like a confirmation that I should read some Simenon myself!

shoutbabble said...

How to Stop Being So Hard on Yourself?
You need to work on your inner self so you can eventually stop being too hard on yourself. Forgive yourself and meditate to bring changes.