“And he saw all the faces, the looking faces. And he saw the silent houses, with their silent people. And, in his singing, he wondered why was he the last one singing in the world. Why did no one else dance, open mouths, wink, strut, flourish? Why was the world a silent world, silent housed, silent faced? Why were all the people watching people instead of dancing people? Why were they all spectators and only he the performer? What had they forgotten that he always and always remembered? ”
- excerpt Massinello Pietro by Ray Bradbury
“Have you ever imagine – Dance like nobody’s watching; love like you’ve never been hurt. Sing like nobody’s listening; live like it’s heaven on earth.”
- Mark Twain
I was reading Ray Bradbury last night at 3am since i had trouble sleeping, and that particular paragraph moved me. Once again i was reminded about the joy of living and the thrill of being not-dead. Now, if we can live our lives like an adventure – turning uncertainties into curiosities and seeing failures as unplanned successes, Life ain’t that bad after all, ya?
Thus again, tonight i will like to wish myself, and my friends and family once again (just like Someone from a certain Fruit company said) -
“Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”
Cheerios.
"Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so
vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means
that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these
defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt
you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person,
wanders into your stupid life…You give them a piece of you. They
didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or
smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes
hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in
the darkness, so simple a phrase like "maybe we should be just friends"
or "how very perceptive" turns into a glass splinter working its way
into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the
mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain.
Nothing should be able to do that. Especially not love. I hate love."
- Rose Walker, in SANDMAN #65: "The Kindly Ones:9"
Sigh. Love as it is. Well said, well said.
"Laughing is so tiring."
- Angeline, on laughing.
"Why am i so materialistic? This is bad."
- Angeline, on ideal boyfriends and ideal relationships.
I love my friends. Amusing bunch, they are. = )
"Sometimes you wake up. Sometime the fall kills you. And sometimes when you fall, you fly."
- Todd Faber, Fear of Falling, The Sandman: Fables and Reflections
"We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Life is brief and then you die. So it'd better be damn good."
- Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computers, on cover of Fortune magazine
“I’m not bacteria lei, i cannot control when my cheesecake spoil!”
- Yean Ching, on her cheesecake.
Funny things that people say.
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