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Calm wonder

Calm but amazed, I said nothing: It was as if I had never noticed before what a strange shape my life had taken.

This is a really startling admission by Kemal so late in the story (chapter 75). Much of the first 400 pages of the book has been him apologizing for and justifying the weird shape of his life -- legalistic attempts to define the good life so that it will include his odd self-deception. But this line strikes me as really sincere, I can sympathize with him here without feeling hypocritical.

posted evening of Friday, November 13th, 2009
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