Be Infinite

“And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”

This is a quote from a coming-of-age novel I loved reading as a teenager called “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, written by Stephen Chbosky. Its spoken by a high school student, Charlie, who describes a moment in which he and his friends are driving late into the night. Upon coming out of this tunnel, Charlie is inundated by the city’s bright lights and the random laughter he shares with his friends:

“Anyway, Patrick started driving really fast, and just before we got to the tunnel, Sam stood up, and the wind turned her dress into ocean waves. When we hit the tunnel, all the sound got scooped up into a vacuum, and it was replaced by a song on the tape player. A beautiful song called “Landslide.” When we got out of the tunnel Sam screamed this really funny scream, and there it was. Downtown. Lights on buildings and everything makes you wonder. Sam sat down and started laughing. Patrick started laughing. I started laughing. And in that moment, I swear we were infinite.”

This part of the novel stuck out to me — it was something I yearned for too. Well I too, wanted to have an “infinite” moment! I too, wanted to experience a moment that was so ethereal, so breathtaking, so surreal, that I felt on top of the world.

A moment in which nothing could harm or hurt me. A moment in which I felt truly…..