Thoughts...

[ayamnivlek]

Taken from the comments in homaygess (super thank you!)

Ang ganda ng line na 'to...

"Why would men so mismanage their lives? Greed, he thought, was what ruined so many. Greed--the desire to crowd into a moment all the enjoyment it will hold, to squeeze from the hour all the emotion it will yield. Men commit themselves when but half-meaning to do so,

Comments

[homaygess]

i read it the first thing when i woke up today and i thought it was such a beautiful story. sad, yes. but there is a sick beauty to sadness. i still can't believe it was written in the 1920's. it's incredibly modern and poignant. i love it!