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maypirateMy GOD this 30 day meme thing is hard. Especially when your brain has apparently melted and you have to go in to work for and hour and a half meeting to prepare for the staff meeting that will last approximately 1000 years on Sunday.
This is all brought into much weirder light considering I just read a book on retail (by the man who does the comic strip "Retail") and it was all so true and I want to write him a letter and be like "You made me want to laugh and cry and also this is my life oh my god."
Anyway, of course I don't have a favorite book. It would be like asking "what's your favorite strand of hair?" I have many books that I've loved and read over and over, but I'm going to hit two birds with one nerf ball in this case by using the same thing to answer both prompts!
Day 04 → your favourite book/ Day 05 → your favourite quote
The book:
This is certainly one of the most important books in my life. The first time I read it, I was a different person when I finished it than when I started. It's stayed with me and different parts have influenced my thoughts since I was 15.
Douglas Coupland is one of the few writers I consistently read. "Microserfs" is another one of my most favorite books, and it's my favorite love story. "Polaroids From the Dead" was a secret obsession for a while. His writing changed mine, his words changed me. It's just how it is.
The Quote:
For the past several years, as I've struggled with depression and grad school and so many things, I've had two pieces of writing that I consistently refer to as prayers for myself, as help, as touchstones; this is one of them. A lot of times, it's just plainly my concept of my personal faith.
"Now - here is my secret:
I tell it to you with an openness of heart that I doubt I shall ever achieve again, so I pray that you are in a quiet room as you hear these words. My secret is that I need God - that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love."
— Douglas Coupland
...and on that note... ♥
This is all brought into much weirder light considering I just read a book on retail (by the man who does the comic strip "Retail") and it was all so true and I want to write him a letter and be like "You made me want to laugh and cry and also this is my life oh my god."
Anyway, of course I don't have a favorite book. It would be like asking "what's your favorite strand of hair?" I have many books that I've loved and read over and over, but I'm going to hit two birds with one nerf ball in this case by using the same thing to answer both prompts!
Day 04 → your favourite book/ Day 05 → your favourite quote
The book:
This is certainly one of the most important books in my life. The first time I read it, I was a different person when I finished it than when I started. It's stayed with me and different parts have influenced my thoughts since I was 15.
Douglas Coupland is one of the few writers I consistently read. "Microserfs" is another one of my most favorite books, and it's my favorite love story. "Polaroids From the Dead" was a secret obsession for a while. His writing changed mine, his words changed me. It's just how it is.
The Quote:
For the past several years, as I've struggled with depression and grad school and so many things, I've had two pieces of writing that I consistently refer to as prayers for myself, as help, as touchstones; this is one of them. A lot of times, it's just plainly my concept of my personal faith.
"Now - here is my secret:
I tell it to you with an openness of heart that I doubt I shall ever achieve again, so I pray that you are in a quiet room as you hear these words. My secret is that I need God - that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love."
— Douglas Coupland
...and on that note... ♥
