…No human had ever seen an adult giant squid alive, and though they had eyes as big as apples to scope the dark of the ocean, theirs was a solitude so profound they might never encounter another of their tribe. The melancholy of this situation washed over Sai. Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss? Romantically she decided that love must surely reside in the gap between desire and fulfillment, in the lack, not the contentment. Love was the ache, the anticipation, the retreat, everything around it but the emotion itself. -Kiran Desai, The Inheritance of Loss
Lessons from Man vs. Wild: August 21, 2007
1. Remain calm.
2. Get your bearings straight.
3. Keep your spirits high.
4. Sometimes you need to get naked to prevent hypothermia.
