Tuesday, 27 July 2010

A quote from 'Paris, je t'aime'

Sitting there, alone in a foreign country, far from my job and everyone I know, a feeling came over me. It was like remembering something I'd never known before or had always been waiting for, but I didn't know what. Maybe it was something I'd forgotten or something I've been missing all my life. All I can say is that I felt, at the same time, joy and sadness. But not too much sadness, because I felt alive. Yes, alive. That was the moment I fell in love with Paris. And I felt Paris fall in love with me.


This only happens when you are alone in an unfamiliar place and you suddenly feel a connection with the world around you which transforms your loneliness into a moment of recognition and harmony.

I want that to happen to me, here, where I am...

4 comments:

Dr Jonathan Miles-Watson said...

But you are not alone

Inkblot said...

Ah, but I was writing about that scene in the film which can only truly happen when one is alone!

Of course, I am not alone so alas such a moment id not for me!:)

Anonymous said...

So beautiful. :)

Inkblot said...

Thanks.:)