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You always disappoint me. It's kind of like our own inside joke, except it's not
funny.
To those of you who have pushed me -thank you. Without you I wouldn't have falle
n. To those of you who laughed at me -thank you. Without you I wouldn't have cri
ed. To those of you who just couldn't love me -thank you. Without you I wouldn't
have known what real love is. To those of you who hurt my feelings -thank you.
Without you I would have felt them. To those of you who left me lonely -thank yo
u. Without you I wouldn't have discovered myself. But, it is to you I thank the
most because without you I never would have tried.
I've been told what's done is done, to let go and carry on, and deep inside I kn
ow that's true. I'm stuck in time, stuck on you, we were still untouchable.
And in case you were wondering, you are like a hurricane to me. Your violence is
beautiful, and your center sweet.
The greatest war ever fought is the war in the mind of a girl, young and in love
-between her mind screaming a warning, telling her, "there's no such thing as f
airy tales," and her heart quietly whispering, "you never know..."
"Do you remember what you told me once? That every passing minute is another cha
nce to turn it all around." -Vanilla Sky
Sometimes someone comes into your life that changes everything, raises your stan
dards, makes you laugh, &makes you feel like you. There's something about him th
at you can't put into words &even though you're not even with him, you don't wan
t to let him go.
He wants to be with her. And she, whether she'll admit it or not, wants to be wi
th him, too. And yet they're not together, which is not only unjust, but really,
when you think about it, tragical.
I decided to steal the sun from the sky. Long live the day I decided to fly.
Don t you think it s better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you los
e it, than to be just okay for your whole life? -Audrey Niffenegger
Some people turn sad awfully young. No special reason, it seems, but they seem a
lmost to be born that way. They bruise easier, tire faster, cry quicker, remembe
r longer and, as I say, get sadder younger than anyone else in the world.
I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful. Step out onto the wat
er, stop staring at the waves.
We all carry these things inside us that no one else can see. They hold us down
like anchors, they drown us out at sea.
I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, ra
cked with sorrow; but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to b
e alive is a grand thing.
The saddest people I've ever met in life are the ones who don't care deeply abou
t anything at all. Passion and satisfaction go hand in hand, and without them, h
appiness is only temporary because there's nothing to make it last.
Everything is an illusion; that is the whole thing about it - illusion, imitatio
n, a mirage. it makes me too sad. its having like a good dream, you know you are
going to wake up.
It's absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or te
dious.
We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little
of each other everywhere. Together forever, never apart. Maybe in distance, but
never in heart.
Every bad situation will have something positive. Even a dead clock shows the co
rrect time twice a day.
I m not the silly romantic you think. I don t want the heavens or the shooting stars
. I don t want gemstones or gold. I have those things already. I want a steady hand.
A kind soul. I want to fall asleep, and wake, knowing my heart is safe. I want
to love, and be loved. - Shana Abe
Life is too ironic to fully understand. It takes sadness to know what happiness
is. Noise to appreciate silence. And absence to value presence.
I m here not because I am supposed to be here, or because I m trapped here, but beca
use I d rather be with you than anywhere else in the world.