Read This: The Half Light: Moonrise Kingdom and Our Dying Passion

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The Half Light: Moonrise Kingdom and Our Dying Passion

In which I feel a little less alone after reading a fellow writer's (familiar) account of blubbering like an idiot at the end of Wes Anderson's 2012 film:

"I am drawn to the loss of innocence and the purity of feelings you had at a certain point in life. Being a teenager was so binary, you know over-the-moon-happy or suicidal. There was something very pure about that and it was like being a blank book, each page changing your life. Lost love is a big part of that."

Read the rest of Shane Ryan's short, vulnerable, and lovely piece over at Paste.