I Don't Know About This One.

Yesterday I went to the public library and checked out my favorite book, A Separate Peace by John Knowles. Now, I know, if this is my favorite book why don't I own it? Simple, because I am poor and books are expensive as hell. Going to the main branch of the library makes me feel like royalty. It's just so big. And there are so many books in that place. And isn't it weird to anyone else that humans build buildings for the exclusive purpose of housing books? Kelly and I do, anyway.

Anyway, I am reading this book again, and every time I do it depresses the hell out of me for a little while. And I am filled with a sincere desire to rectify everything that is wrong with my life. And then because I realize how I can make things better with myself, I don't feel so depressed. It's a wonderful book.

That book is my sophomore year of high school in a novel. It is about me and my best friend. Granted, I never tried to make Matt fall out of a tree or anything, but I did have some skewed views on how my relationship with him (and pretty much everyone else) worked. It's pretty much changed my life more than any other non-religious text has. A quote: "Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not even a death by violence."

Never be selfish. Never think that you are better or smarter or more important than anyone else. Never, ever think that someone who is your best friend is only close to you so he can destroy who you are and glorify himself. Because you are always wrong if you're that way. Always.

You should read A Separate Peace. It's a marvelous work.