At that, Kate smiled a little, lifting one shoulder in a slight shrug. There was no sense kidding herself; for all the things she had going for her, Marshall was the smart one in the family. Maybe that was why it was easy for Kate to see that Hermione was right. There was so much left to learn, all sorts of things people might never understand, no matter how hard they tried.
And it was that thought that had sent her to the bookshelf with matches. That knowledge that Tara might be sick forever, no matter what anyone did.
"I think that's what some people consider the fun part of life," she pointed out, flipping over onto her stomach, her chin in her hands. "People can learn forever. And even if someone reads all the books in the world, they still can't know everything." It was both frustrating and fascinating, the knowledge that some things just had to be faced in order to be understood.
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Date: 2011-09-20 03:30 pm (UTC)And it was that thought that had sent her to the bookshelf with matches. That knowledge that Tara might be sick forever, no matter what anyone did.
"I think that's what some people consider the fun part of life," she pointed out, flipping over onto her stomach, her chin in her hands. "People can learn forever. And even if someone reads all the books in the world, they still can't know everything." It was both frustrating and fascinating, the knowledge that some things just had to be faced in order to be understood.