Iain Reid

“Sometimes a thought is closer to truth, to reality, than an action. You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can’t fake a thought.”

think a lot of what we learn about others isn’t what they tell us. It’s what we observe. People can tell us anything they want.

meaning of my existence is that life has addressed a question to me. Or, conversely, I myself am a question which is addressed to the world, and I must communicate my answer, for otherwise I am dependent upon the world’s answer.’ ”

When you become aware of your heart, you want it to stop beating. You need a break from the con

We can’t help ourselves, I think, can’t stop expanding, spreading, conquering.

I know, her normal self. That’s what time does. It ushers a return to equilibrium. Unease becomes ease. A shock, no matter how potent, always wears off with time.

You can hold beliefs and not always believe in them.

We have found a way together, our way. We have developed and refined a relationship. Predictable, stable, certain, normal, routine, lifelike. One day ends, another starts. Over and over. It’s a comforting rhythm.

I’m not an observant person. I see what I see, and the rest doesn’t matter. What’s the point? Why bother taking notice of everything going on around you, filling up your mind with irrelevant details and excess information? What’s going to happen will happen regardless. Awareness is beside the point.

The love I’d felt for him faded and detached. There
was nothing to hold it in place. No more mystery. Nothing to learn. Wonder was replaced with awareness. By the end, it wasn’t just familiarity. I had a total and complete understanding of him.