Living on a diet of Chocolates & Cigarettes
I wanna call you again
I’ll drink tea sometimes when it’s cold
This is getting old
I call you again
Still too young to fail, too scared to sail away
But one of these days I’ll grow old
And I’ll grow brave and I’ll go
One of these days
Blowing out the candles from my cake
I choke on the smoke as I look around the room
Everybodys wishing for no more mistakes
And all that I can think about is you
Still too young to fail, too scared to sail away
But one of these days I’ll grow old
And I’ll grow brave and I’ll go
One of these days
La da la da la da
Still too young to fail, too scared to sail away
But one of these days I’ll grow old
And I’ll grow brave and I’ll go
One of these days
La da la da la da
~ Chocolates And Cigarettes - Angus & Julia Stone
I love reading and there are loads of books I love, but my favourite can only be “White Nights ” by Fëdor Dostoevskij . It’s more of a short story than a book.
Basically a nameless man wanders at night among the streets of St.Petersburg and meets a girl, Nasten’ka. They meet again and open their hearts to one another for four more nights, during which they start to envison a life together for the two of them like two soulmates. This dream , however, ends abruptly when the girl’s previous lover comes back into the picture.
The reason I love this book so much is the feeling of completely identifying myself in the main character (which rarely happens with other books ). The thoughts of the main character mirror my own in a way I never thought possible. The nameless man embodies the figure of that perpetual dreamer that I believe lives inside everyone of us. Reading this book is , at least for me, like reading a poem and a psychological essay all wrapped into one perfect short story.
That’s the reason why whenever I’m feeling a bit lonely or low I tend to go back to this book and see the loneliness disappear one page at a time.
Thank you so much for asking :)
6 days ago | 4 notes
theme by: heloísa teixeira
