What part of the most recent book you’ve read can you most relate to?
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What part of the most recent book you’ve read can you most relate to?
The most memorable fragment of a book to me, is that paragraph or sentence or line that stuck a pin in your heart when you read. The part of a book that makes you think vividly, maybe even painfully of yourself or a person, place, thing in your life.
The most recently relatable for me was:
“I wonder what Grandmother would have done with such a husband? Answer: She would never have got mixed up with him in the first place. I suppose in a way we deserve the people we marry.”
Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner
The idea Wallace suggests here that we deserve the people we marry, and the whole chapter that precedes it really struck home for me. If we deserve the people we marry then that says a lot not just about me but about everyone I've ever been in a relationship with. When I read this and thought of all my previous relationships I almost couldn't face analysing my personality and what parts about attract the people I involve myself with. I considered this not just on the level of romantic relationships but in my casual and close friendships as well.
Is there something about me I can change to determine the people I form bonds with? Or am I fated to attract a certain category of people for the rest of my life?
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