Monday, August 24, 2009

Today's Favorite Passage

Again, from "The Time Traveler's Wife", a passage that rings so true to me.

Clare, speaking to Richard (Henry's father) about his life before and after his wife's death:
But don't you think that it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?

That's how I view my life with John. How lucky I was to have that twenty-one months of a great marriage—after three trying marriages—even if it only lasted twenty-one months. I had two years of happiness. Some people don't have that much happiness in their entire lives.

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