she is insane

Stumbled across this quote from Into the Wild.


"He is mad about being small when you were big, but no, that's not it, he is mad about being helpless when you were powerful, but no, not that either, he is mad about being contingent when you were necessary, not quite it, he is insane because when he loved you, you didn't notice." ~Donald Barthelme's The Dead Father"


I read this book in October of 2002 and although Krakauer moved me I have feeling it is only because he incorporated this passage. I have read these words time and time again--they always change their meaning. Today is no different.