Yaan Martel - The Facts Behind The Helsinki Roccamatios

What else is there to talk about when you've stayed up all night till sunrise? Or when you've just read Descartes or Berkeley or T.S. Eliot for the first time? And anyway, Paul was 19. What are you at 19? You're a blank page. you're all hopes and dreams and uncertainties. You're all future and little philosophy. what i meant was that between the two of us we had to do something constructive, something that would make something out of nothing, sense out of nonsense, something that would go beyond talking about life, death, God, the universe and the meaning of it all and actually be those things.

Life of Pi was brilliant. This story doesn't quite reach Pi standard but on its own merit it is absolutely amazing. it made me cry.

books rarely move to the point of tears but this story touched upon one of my worst fears. what if your best friend dies in front of you? How would you handle it? Would you stick by her? Or will you protect yourself the hurt and just walk away?

Its hard for me to open up to people. and to care for them. but the few people i do care about its almost obsessive how protective i am of them. God tends to test you with what is most important to you. and this is something i don't think Ill be able to handle.

Vivid and honest and real. this story is definitely on my list.

have yet to read the rest.