Book Covers (22 / 120) → The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
“Journeys end in lovers meeting; I have spent an all but sleepless night, I have told lies and made a fool of myself, and the very air tastes like wine. I have been frightened half out of my foolish wits, but I have somehow earned this joy; I have been waiting for it for so long.”
I know I complained when work was slow about not having anything to do, but now that it’s busy and I have less time for reading non-work related things, I’m finding so many things I want to read. But also I’m finding that all I want to do is nap when I leave the office, so, make of that what you will.
A lot of my time, however, is spent reading about the awfulness of our world lately and I’m not…
I feel like I’ve aged 40 years in 5 days. The beginning of the week I had time to read stuff, the kind of time where I felt like I could make a tiny dent in my “to read” list, and suddenly it’s Friday and I’ve had approximately 6000 emails and 2000 phone calls today alone (and it’s only 11:13 am–I answered my last call “good afternoon,” because it feels like 1 pm…
