The most important things are the hardest to say. They
are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them -- words shrink
things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living
size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it? The most
important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like
landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make
revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny
way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so
important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That's the worst, I
think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a tellar but for
want of an understanding ear. [Stephen
King, Different
Seasons]
I know just what he means. I have been thinking about this a
LOT lately.
You have to write the book that wants to be written.
And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for
children. [Madeleine
L'Engle]
Children are so very wise.
One day I will find the right words, and they will be
simple. [Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums]
I hope.
I love you, Currie
2 comments:
I like this post a lot Currie!
I have always told my secrets, so they can't really be called secrets--LOL! But there's a great difference between those who truly hear and understand and relate to you and the rest of the people who never really heard or even judged me harshly. There's nothing more precious than a soul connection. I think it is a shame that we can't have that with everybody. ;)
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