“And that's my comfort--that someone else was there and experienced the same thing. How else could I know it was real and not merely a dream?”
Craig Thompson“Barely grazing, detouring, then connecting.”
Craig Thompson“And that's my comfort--that someone else was there and experienced the same thing. How else could I know it was real and not merely a dream?”
Craig Thompson“We experience a discomfort that may be foreign to others, but that pain opens up a world of beauty. Wouldn't you think?”
Craig Thompson, Blankets“Shame is always easier to handle if you have someone to share it with.”
Craig Thompson, Blankets“Pressed against her I can hear eternity -- hollow, lonely spaces and currents that churn ceaselessly, and the fallen snow welcomes the falling snow with a whispered "Hush".”
Craig Thompson, Blankets“Underwater, we're drowning victims, struggling over and under each others' bodies. But above, we bob with the tide,undercurrents pulling us just far enough apart ,so that we're drifting parallel but not together.”
Craig Thompson, Blankets“Except heaven is a hope , and eden is a memory .”
Craig Thompson, Blankets“I wanted a heaven. And I grew up striving for that world-- an eternal world- that would wash away my temporary misery.”
Craig Thompson, Blankets“Something about being rejected at Church Camp felt so much more awful than being rejected at school. ”
Craig Thompson, Blankets“How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary.”
Craig Thompson, Blankets