January 24, 2006

Parental Blood Surge

Im reading Zadie Smith's On Beauty and came across this passage

He was having an odd parental rush, a blood surge that was also above blood and was presently hunting through Howard's expansive intelligence to find words that would more effectively express something like

don't walk in front of cars take care and be good and don't hurt or be hurt and don't live in a way that make you feel dead and don't betray anybody or yourself and take care of what matters and please don't and please remember and make sure.

Posted by Jill Fallon at January 24, 2006 12:10 AM | Permalink