few of my favorite things

For One More Day by Mitch Albom

2007-05-09T22:26:00.000+08:00

"Of course, when you're that young, you nest in your parents' plan, not your own."

"Going back to something is harder than you think."

"You do what you gotta do to hold you family together."

"I asked him which was harder, ascending or descending? He said without a doubt descending, because ascending you were so focused on reaching the top, you avoided mistakes. The backside of a mountain is a fight against human nature. You have to care as much about yourself on the way down as you did on the way up."

"You can find something truly important in a minute."

"It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it."

"A big chunk of our history had been buried with my mother. You should never let you part disappear that way."

"Sharing tales of those we've lost is how we keep from really losing them."

"And one day spent with someone you love can change everything."

"When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times."

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

2007-05-09T22:22:00.000+08:00

"I'm afraid this dreadful nonsense is the law."

"When someone has lost a loved one, friends sometimes avoid the person, just when the presence of friends is most needed."

"The worst surrounding in the world can be tolerated if the people in them are interesting and kind."

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Part II)

2007-05-09T22:12:00.000+08:00

"Water never stops moving. Rain falls, and runs down a mountain into a river. The river finds its way to the ocean. It evaporates like a soul into the clouds. And then, like everything else, it starts all over again." (Anna)

"I realize the we never have children, we receive them. (Sara)

"You don't love someone because they're perfect. You love them in spite of the fact that they're not." (Julia)
"On the other hand, I have Anna, who after 13 years is standing up for herself -even though it may mean losing the sister that she loves."
"When you love someone, you'll do anything you can to keep them with you. Unfortunately, there is also a point when you have to step back and say that it's time to let go."
"Sometimes to get what you wanted the most, you have to do what you want the least."
"It doesn't take a whole long life to realize that what we deserve to have, we rarely get."

"Things don't always seem as they look." (Brian)
"Life isn't as stable as we want it to be."

" 'I don't talk about this with anyone.' -Campbell
'I am not just anyone.' " -Anna

"That everyone gets scared."

" 'They (Phoenix) don't really exist.' -Julia
'..that depends on whether or not there's someone who can see them' -Campbell

"Is it because they are so comfortable, they already know what the other is thinking? Or is it because after a certain point, there is simply nothing left to say?"

My Sister's Keeper (Part I)

2007-04-24T09:30:00.000+08:00

Haven't finished reading the book though. You can read the summary here. I usually save the quotes that I like in my cellphone. And after losing it yesterday, I'll just post them ahead before I forget them.
Lesson 1: Always keep your things where you can actually see them.
Lesson 2: Always have a hard copy.

Hehe..enjoy! :)

"People think they know what they're getting, and they're always wrong."
"What made me think I could save my sister, when I can't even save myself."
(all of those: Jesse)

"A real friend isn't capable of feeling sorry for you"
"It is the things you cannot see coming that are strong enough to kill you."
"I didn't want to see her because it would make me feel better. I came because without her, it's hard to remember who I am."
(all of those: Anna)

"It's like picking up an unfamiliar piece of sheet music and starting to stumble through it, only to realize it is a melody you'd once learned by heart, one you can play without even trying."
"Love has all the lasting permanence of a rainbow -beautiful while it's there, and just as likely to have disappeared by the time you blink."
(all of those: Campbell)

"It's not all that hard to avoid someone, when you want to."
"Extraordinary things are always hiding in places people never think to look."
(all of those: Julia)

"..every fire will burn itself out, even without your help."
"..in spite of what you think, miracles happen."
"Dark matter has a gravitational effect on other objects. You can't see it, you can't feel it, but you can watch something being pulled in that direction."
(all of those: Brian)

Someday by Steve Earle

2007-04-23T21:33:00.000+08:00

I heard this song from "Bridge to Terabithia". Listen to the lyrics. It's really good. :)

The Mirrormask (Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean)

2007-04-21T16:06:00.000+08:00

I didn't know that Neil Gaiman wrote a script for the film "The Mirrormask". It was shown two years ago (2005) and I never really heard of the film until now. Actually, the book version only shows the storyboard and the script. Though I saw the trailer, I really hope I could find a copy of the movie..seeing a world created by Neil Gaiman would be really interesting if you could see it on the big screen.

"Your dad keeps this circus running on charm and peanuts, it's his dream-" (Joanne)
"Exactly, it's his thing. Why should I suffer for it?" (Helena)

"They'll be staring her in the face. Things you lose always are."(Joanne)

"It's a big IF. We can't hang around forever." (Acrobat)

"I can't reach. You know, I had no idea books had such different personalities." (Helena)
"I knew it. I knew I could do something to help. I hate feeling so helpless."

"Dreams take you only so far darling. After, you need cash." (Finnish Tumbler)

"She's not a pet. She's not even a child any more. You have to let her grow up." (Helena)
"You mean...let her choose her own clothes. Her own food. Make her own mistakes. Love her, but don't try to possess her...Absolutely out of the question." (Dark Queen)

"...These things are not anybody's fault, love. They just happen. It's just...life." (Morris)

"We often confuse what we wish for with what it is." (Valentine)