I dreamt four nights ago of clock hands descending from the universe l…

Jonathan Safran Foer
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I dreamt four nights ago of clock hands descending from the universe like rain, of the moon as a green eye, of mirrors and insects, of a love that never withdrew. It was not the feeling of completeness that I so needed, but the feeling of not being empty. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Everything Is Illuminated, p.37, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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