For the road
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.
- Roald Dahl
You see? It’s not that I’m crazy. It’s that I pay attention.
The main thing is to pay attention, pay clear attention to everything you see. Notice what no one else notices, and you'll know what no one else knows.
- Loris Harrow
Mad to live
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
-Jack London
Gods and monsters
Sometimes the hardest thing to do is just to stay human.
- Michael Franti
Heh.
My dad's philosophy was (and I think still is) that life is a malevolent force, which seeks to destroy you, and you have to struggle with it. Only those who are hard enough will succeed. Most people get crushed, but if you fight, in the end life will go, 'Fucking hell. This one's serious. Let him through.'
— Russell Brand
Between Tweets
There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable it is nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you.
Keep the channel open.-Martha Graham
How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot!
I know it's totally cliché to post this dialog but man, what a good movie and man, what good dialog:
Clementine: Look man, I'm telling you right off the bat, I'm high-maintenance, so... I'm not gonna tip-toe around your marriage, or whatever it is you've got going there. If you wanna be with me, you're with me.
Joel: Okay.
C: Too many guys think I'm a concept, or I complete them, or I'm gonna make them alive. But I'm just a fucked-up girl who's looking for my own peace of mind; don't assign me yours.
J: I remember that speech really well.
C: I had you pegged, didn't I?
J: You had the whole human race pegged.
C: Probably.
J: I still thought you were going to save me. Even after that.
C: I know.