Hong Kong
”There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
Come on, Margot
Margot: Do you send my mother your clippings and your grades from college?
Eli: Please stop belittling me.
growing pains
ding.
“I walked over to the hill where we used to go and sled. There were a lot of little kids there. I watched them flying. Doing jumps and having races. And I thought that all those little kids are going to grow up someday. And all of those little kids are going to do the things that we do. And they will all kiss someone someday. But for now, sledding is enough. I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn’t.”
― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
(One of my favorite books and an easy read)
No matter what. Ever.
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Ex-girlfriend: Whatever happens in the end, I don’t wanna lose you as my friend.
Jack: I promise, I will never be your friend. No matter what. Ever.
-Hotel Chevalier (available as a short film with The Darjeeling Limited
After the ecstasy, the laundry
Udaipur, India
“Even Socrates, who lived a very frugal and simple life, loved to go to the market. When his students asked about this, he replied, “I love to go and see all the things I am happy without.”
― Jack Kornfield, After the Ecstasy, the Laundry: How the Heart Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path
on overthinking it
Arboretum, DC
“He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg.”
-Chinese Proverb
the magician’s greatest trick
Jo's in Austin, Texas
“How do you trust your feelings when they can just disappear like that?”
everyone’s a super hero
Nice, Fr
“Now it’s all over and I’m standin’ pretty/ In this dust that was a city/If I could find a souvenir/ Just to prove the world was here/ And here is a red balloon/ I think of you and let it go”
-Nena, 99 Red Balloons
