I took her dress over to the closet and hung it up for her. It was funny. It made me feel sort of sad when I hung it up. I thought of her going in a store and buying it, and nobody in the store knowing she was a prostitute and all. The salesman probably just thought she was a regular girl when she bought it. It made me feel sad as hell - I don't know why exactly.
(p.86)
The best thing, though, in that museum was that everything always stayed right where it was. Nobody'd move. You could go there a hundred times, and that Eskimo would still be just finished catching those two fish, the birds would still be on their way south, the deers would still be drinking out of that water hole, with their pretty antlers and their pretty, skinny legs, and that squaw with the naked bosom would still be weaving that same blanket. Nobody'd be different. The only thing that would be different would be you. Not that you'd be so much older or anything. It wouldn't be that, exactly. You'd just be different, that's all. You'd have an overcoat on this time. Or the kid that was your partner in line the last time had got scarlet fever and you'd have a new partner. Or you'd have a substitute taking the class, instead of Miss Aigletinger. Or you'd heard your mother and father having a terrific fight in the bathroom. Or you'd just passed by one of those puddles in the street with gasoline rainbows in them. I mean you'd be different in some way - I can't explain what I mean. And even if I could, I'm not sure I'd feel like it.
(pp.109-110)
The whole thing was sort of funny, in a way, if you thought about it, and all of a sudden I did something I shouldn't have. I laughed. And I have one of these very loud, stupid laughs. I mean if I ever sat behing myself in a movie or something, I'd probably lean over and tell myself to please shut up. It made old Sally madder than ever.
(p.120)
Among other things, you'll find out that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened an even sickened by human behavior. You're by nos means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them - if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arragement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry.
(p.170)
Je m'attendais tellement à quelque chose d'incroyable que j'ai été déçue. mais il y a un passage que j'adore particulièrement.
RépondreSupprimer"Faudrait pas vous figurer, parce qu'on évitait les papouilles, qu'elle était un vrai glaçon. Grave erreur. Par exemple, on se donnait toujours la main. Bon, d'accord, c'est pas grand chose. Mais pour ce qui est de se donner la main elle était super. La plupart des filles, si on les tient par la main, c'est comme si leur main était morte dès l'instant qu'on la prend, ou bien au contraire elles s'empressent de remuer la main sans arrêt comme si elles pensaient que ça va vous distraire. Avec Jane c'était diffèrent. On allait au cinéma ou quoi et immédiatement on se tennait par la main et on restait comme ça jusqu'à la fin du fil Sans changer la position et sans en faire toute une histoire. Avec Jane, même si on avait la main moite y'avait pas à s'inquiéter. Tout ce qu'on peut dire c'est qu'on était heureux. Vraiment heureux."
en fait, ce que je retiens c'est "tout ce qu'on peut dire c'est qu'on était heureux. vriament heureux." mais sans le contexte ça enlève sûrement la sensation que j'ai eu.
Ce passage m'a fait un truc aussi (c'est mieux en anglais :D ) et j'ai pas encore fini, mais je savais pas à quoi m'attendre donc je suis plutôt en adoration, là.
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