Lovely Ending


Last sentences from The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery translated by Alison Anderson.



Because from now on, for you, I'll be searching for those moments of always within never.

Beauty, in this world.


Given the earlier remarks in the novel about commas, one needs to pay particular attention to the pause signalled in the last sentence. Just what thought occupies the space?

And so for day 664
07.10.2008