The one who can swim

Rosanna 2022-09-20 19:58:30

"Sometimes I cry, and the tears can't stop, I will pull you into the water" "It's okay, I can learn to swim"

I have to survive the pain, at a loss, unable to face the past, then paralyze myself, turn off all the ways to get in touch with the world, don’t think, listen, communicate, try, just I live like a walking corpse, and when I see that I'm not like a human being, I won't bother me again, right? But in the deepest part of my heart, only I know that there is a huge wound, bloody, silent, and rotting. It often comes majestic when I am alone, tortured with tears, and still can’t change a moment. peaceful.

Suddenly, a person appeared in his life. He welcomed me with an open attitude. He didn’t mind my past. He would not ask about my past anymore. When people all over the world can’t bear my pain, he would pull me. My hands will not let me be overwhelmed by the past. The pain of the past has gradually disappeared, and it should disappear.

--Hannah/Colin

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  • Victor: He doesn't like to be with the others. He's a loner, too.

    Hanna: There are many of us.

  • Josef: I thought um, you and I, maybe we could go away somewhere. Together. One of these days. Today. Right now. Come with me.

    Hanna: No, I don't think that's going to be possible.

    Josef: Why not?

    Hanna: Um, because I think that if we go away to someplace together, I'm afraid that, ah, one day, maybe not today, maybe, maybe not tomorrow either, but one day suddenly, I may begin to cry and cry so very much that nothing or nobody can stop me and the tears will fill the room and I won't be able to breath and I will pull you down with me and we'll both drown.

    Josef: I'll learn how to swim, Hanna. I swear, I'll learn how to swim.