This summer I have read, among other things, Ian McEwans'
Atonement,
Amsterdam and
On Chesil Beach, which I finished moments ago. I thought I then would put McEwan away, but, after reading the perfect last sentence to yet another exquisitely written book, I think it will be but a short break. I would type the sentence here, but you should read the book to fully appreciate McEwan's elegance.
"I am open, and I am willing,
For to be hopeless would seem so strange.
It dishonors those who go before us,
So lift me up to the light of change."
Holly Near
Updated On: 8/28/08 at 06:49 PM