Magical moments

短短不到15天內
飛行穿梭在三個國度
這會兒，日子總算可以暫時定格
整理行李，熨平心情
抖落了一本書.....

Jun 28, 2007
Changi airport, Singapore

行程匆匆，在回家的路上
正趕往42號登機門

快步行進間，經過書店
還是走了進去
稍作瀏覽，短短幾秒瞬間
視線餘光，撇到了這本書

一直不忍閱讀的書居然出現在眼前
愣了好一會兒….

An indelible portrait of loss and grief.
..... New York Times

Her book, exploring an agonising universal experience, will speak to and maybe comfort anyone who has lost for ever the one they loved.
..... Daily Mail

It's unbelievable it would get this far....
I was murmuring to myself.....

登機前，短暫的候機時間
無視周遭的吵雜人聲
偶爾間斷干擾的廣播聲
還是忍不住打開了這本書
Joan Didion 開頭如此寫著....

Life changes fast.
Life changes in an instant.
You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends.

回來些許時日，重拾這本書
我想我會慢慢地、平靜地讀完它

生命沒有偶然
凡事皆有契機
來自星空外的親密絮語....

「生命原是要不斷地受傷和不斷地復原」
.................


note :
多年前我看過的電影 Up Close & Personal 「因為你愛過我」, 編劇正是這對夫妻檔 Joan Didion & John Gregory Dunne.... 'We were each the person the other trusted,' writes Didion of Dunne.