i rarely save quotes. these are all of them. simple and meaningful.

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My third gripe is about passion. I've done a lot of interviews and very often the interviewee would tell us that this-or-that is his passion, but when probed on what he had done in his pursuit of his passion, sometimes we heard answers like "Oh, I haven't been able to do much because I don't really have the time as school work is just too heavy." That doesn't sound very much like passion; it sounds more like a liking, an interest, or an infatuation to me. :) If you truly have a passion for something, nothing can stop you, not even the heaviest of school work, nor even the world.

It is perfectly fine, and might be more truthful and sincere, to admit that you have not discovered your passion yet, or you are in the midst of developing one. Everybody needs at least a passion in something, and sooner or later, you should find yourself one, something that you are proud of, something that identifies you.

my favourite quote from Aaron Tan

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As one gets older, love is not the carefree emotion of teen-age years. It smothers; it envelopes; it just, is- and cannot be ignored. and most of the time - it is accompanied by pain.

from IMDB

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It’s fine to think, it’s more important to think through

from Bullet of Love

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We don’t see things as they are. We see them as we are.

unknown author

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I woke up as the sun was reddening; and that was the one distinct time in my life, the strangest moment of all, when I didn’t know who I was — I was far away from home, haunted and tired with travel, in a cheap hotel room I’d never seen, hearing the hiss of steam outside, and the creak of the old wood of the hotel, and footsteps upstairs, and all the sad sounds, and I looked at the cracked high ceiling and really didn’t know who I was for about fifteen strange seconds. I wasn’t scared; I was just somebody else, some stranger, and my whole life was a haunted life, the life of a ghost. I was halfway across America, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future, and maybe that’s why it happened right there and then, that strange afternoon

On the Road - Jack Kerouac

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Vấn đề là khi mình diễn đạt được một điều gì đó trong lòng thành lời, thì nó sẽ trở nên vững chắc hơn, hữu hình và manageable

a friend's blog

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Thời gian…
Những ước mơ không thả bằng thuyền giấy
Lũ trẻ trưởng thành đơn độc.
Gió về…
Nỗi nhớ chạm ngõ…
Mưa khoái đùa chiếc xe đạp cũ
Lại ông lão tò he
Chờ…
Những cánh cửa ngấn nước nhìn phố
Im lìm tuổi thơ.

a friend's blog

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If you can’t solve a problem, it’s because you are playing by the rules.

Paul Arden