“So how, children, does the brain, which lives without a spark of light, build for us a world full of light?”
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
This is my favorite quote from the book.
I realized in the middle of the night last night what was right in front me. All the Light We Cannot See is saying the same thing as the "this is water" story. I have more to say about that but am not feeling well enough to write much.
Instead, I am going to research more about the part of the story I am stuck on, the part where she joins this band of traveling performers/misfits. There are so many stories like that to learn about, real stories from the Depression Era. Amazing people who were outcasts with physical oddities who performed and traveled. Penelope feels at home with them because there is no judgment there, only love and play. It is the first time in the book she uses the word 'home'. Such a powerful word. That's her journey really (and in my mind a large part of the human journey), to find a sense of home and loving and belonging, a place to rest and give and receive love.
― Anthony Doerr, All the Light We Cannot See
This is my favorite quote from the book.
I realized in the middle of the night last night what was right in front me. All the Light We Cannot See is saying the same thing as the "this is water" story. I have more to say about that but am not feeling well enough to write much.
Instead, I am going to research more about the part of the story I am stuck on, the part where she joins this band of traveling performers/misfits. There are so many stories like that to learn about, real stories from the Depression Era. Amazing people who were outcasts with physical oddities who performed and traveled. Penelope feels at home with them because there is no judgment there, only love and play. It is the first time in the book she uses the word 'home'. Such a powerful word. That's her journey really (and in my mind a large part of the human journey), to find a sense of home and loving and belonging, a place to rest and give and receive love.
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