"All children mythologize their birth".The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
I read this from a book and it has sort of stuck in my mind for quite some time.
When I first read this quote, it didn't really make any significance to me. It was only till the ending of the book that I began to understand what it meant. It was written by the protagonist, who is an author, in the book. I shall save all the bore of listening to me drone about the book (I happen to like the book alot! I don't even know how to begin talking about my admiration for that book!). So it set me thinking about myself.
I had never even wonder what was happening when I was born. Was anything more significant happening around the world at that time than me? What were people feeling when I was coming into this world? Did anything extraordinary happen to me, or around me when I had my first cry? I doubt no one really knows, or remembers. But everyone has to have a story, right? When no one remembers your story, you can make your own. You can make it as fairytale-y or as miserable-y as you want. All people will do is to listen and occasionally sympathise. Nobody really cares, or even wonder how true your story is. Everyone is more bothered about their own stories. Or rather, lack of one.
So far, I don't have any friends who ask me about my childhood or my point of birth. It's strange that no one really wants to know how they came about. All that talk about wondering where humans came from, what humans evolve from all come to naught when it is closer to home. I think I have more things on my mind but I just can't put it down into words. I guess I am still abit confused over what I think about this.
