no/think/room

"Besides, hysteria is only possible with an audience. You know what you need to do to keep alive...."

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:40:22 -0400

“Besides, hysteria is only possible with an audience. You know what you need to do to keep alive. Folks will just screw you up with their reactions about how what happened is so horrible. First the emergency room folks letting you go ahead of them. Then the Franciscan nun screaming. Then the police with their hospital sheet.
Jump to how life was when you were a baby and you could only eat baby food. You’d stagger over to the coffee table. You’re up on your feet and you have to keep waddling along on those Vienna sausage legs or fall down. Then you get to the coffee table and bounce your big soft baby head on the sharp corner.
You’re down, and man, oh man, it hurts. Still it isn’t anything tragic until Morn and Dad run over. Oh, you poor, brave thing. Only then do you cry.”

- Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters on Hysteria

"If, I may one day attain a level of beauty. Let it remain invisible. For fame, fame destructs all..."

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:11:01 -0400

“If, I may one day attain a level of beauty. Let it remain invisible. For fame, fame destructs all that stands pure and unadulterated. For what isn’t invisible, isn’t really beautiful.”

- AJ

"Go on. Say that you’re not ok. Don’t lie. No. The next time he asks if you’re..."

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:05:05 -0400

“Go on. Say that you’re not ok. Don’t lie. No. The next time he asks if you’re okay. Give him the raw, unedited version of your emotions. You’re. Not. Okay. And that’s fine.”

"Have you ever tried crying out for help. Yet no one listened. It’s a constant fight to reach..."

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 06:02:00 -0400

“Have you ever tried crying out for help. Yet no one listened. It’s a constant fight to reach out for the little things to remind ourselves that our existence matters. But maybe, we’re reaching out for the wrong people, wrong things. Scary as it seems, nothing lasts forever. And maybe, this emptiness. Rightly belongs.”

- AJ

"There are a lot of things we don’t want to know about the people we love."

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:31:22 -0400

“There are a lot of things we don’t want to know about the people we love.”

- Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club (via keirstinhah)

"The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great..."

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:27:57 -0400

“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”

- William Arthur Ward

"Oh what we wouldn’t give. To turn back time, and get back the naivety of the self that never..."

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:29:42 -0400

“Oh what we wouldn’t give. To turn back time, and get back the naivety of the self that never got hurt before, who truly believed love wouldn’t mean dodging bullets, impression management games and sleepless nights, impatient waiting, needless wanting, forlorn missing. To believe that happiness in the form of love, happened to everyone else but ourselves.”

- AJ

"I don’t think we’re afraid of love, no. I think we’re frightened by the thought..."

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 06:20:57 -0400

“I don’t think we’re afraid of love, no. I think we’re frightened by the thought that we might actually be happy. It’s as if we were pre-conditioned, and battle-ready to get our souls trampled upon, heart betrayed and mind torn. So the moment we can’t see the pain, we bail. Because we’ve become disenchanted with the happy endings.”

- AJ

"And perhaps the human race should be rendered a state of drunkenness. Maybe then, we’d say..."

Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:37:00 -0400

“And perhaps the human race should be rendered a state of drunkenness. Maybe then, we’d say only the truth, we’d open our hearts raw, we’d say words of affections without worrying whether it would deem us undesirable, cheap or unwanted. Maybe then, I’d let you know if you’ve been on my mind, I’d let you know that you’re all that I want and I’d call you just because your voice brings me comfort. Maybe then, but maybe never.”

- AJ

"It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness"

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:07:22 -0400

“It’s better to light a candle than to curse the darkness”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

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Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:10:05 -0400

"Today, little lucy asked me, “Why does that woman look so sad?” I lifted her up into my..."

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:51:00 -0400

“Today, little lucy asked me, “Why does that woman look so sad?” I lifted her up into my arms. I paused, waiting to craft a wisdom-filled answer. Then she burst out with glee, “Do you think we should buy her some cereal?” Ah, girl after my own heart.”

- AJ

"You know that scene? Where someone breaks your heart. So you think its civil to break the next one..."

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:10:04 -0400

“You know that scene? Where someone breaks your heart. So you think its civil to break the next one that loves you. Unfair, but it’s all humans can do for heart self-defense 101.”

- AJ

"The best lesson my daddy taught me? Scrap the research, and modeling after the experts. Write your..."

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:54:14 -0400

“The best lesson my daddy taught me? Scrap the research, and modeling after the experts. Write your own story, believe in your ideas. Yes, your very own ideas. So he said, it’s nice to be inspired, but it’s nicer to be original.”

- AJ

this blog of yours makes me calm. love reading it every morning before uni. <3

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:18:00 -0400

Thank you very much sweetheart, for all the support and love that you’ve relished on me. :) love you and more. xx

p.s you have no idea.

"We spend most of our lives chasing after happiness. Fuck that. Happiness isn’t a destination...."

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:16:03 -0400

“We spend most of our lives chasing after happiness. Fuck that. Happiness isn’t a destination. It’s in the very existence of our present that we derive true happiness. Fuck 5 year, 10 year plans to get perfect jobs, with perfect cars just so that we can be happy. The happiest people I know live in the NOW. If you want to be happy, be.”

"I’ve learnt that the best ideas, best relationships and best lessons come about through..."

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 12:48:28 -0400

“I’ve learnt that the best ideas, best relationships and best lessons come about through listening. Just by listening, we empty ourselves, quieten what we know and what we feel, allowing the external world to fill us in, whole.”

- AJ

"Sorry to break it to you, honey. In this game of life, you are your best cheerleader. This means you..."

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 03:43:14 -0400

“Sorry to break it to you, honey. In this game of life, you are your best cheerleader. This means you have 2 options. Sulk at your isolation. Or shake those pompoms, and scream at the top of your lungs. The power of action lies in self-motivation. Don’t underestimate that power. It shatters.”

- AJ

"You have somewhere you want to be? It’s not enough to want it. Step away from who you were, who you..."

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 01:55:48 -0400

“You have somewhere you want to be? It’s not enough to want it. Step away from who you were, who you currently are, and surge towards who you can be.”

- AJ

"Everyday we die a little worrying about people who don’t matter and what they think of us...."

Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:10:05 -0400

“Everyday we die a little worrying about people who don’t matter and what they think of us. Everyday we die a little fearing about who we may be so we never find the courage to let go of who we are. Everyday we die a little losing ourselves to mediocrity and the status quo.”

- AJ