your easy words..

"Where is this love? I can't see it, I can't touch it. I can't feel it. I can hear it. I can hear some words, but I can't do anything with your easy words." (from the movie Closer)

happiness is a journey..

"for a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. but there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. at last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. this perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. happiness is the way. so treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one. happiness is a journey, not a destination.” -Souza

i fell on tuesday.

one can easily fall into the steps and rhythm of habitual routine

...
tripping causes bruises but also provides clarity

"the starter"

to you... my lasting memory of this weekend: sipping on wine, feeling very "adult-like" (drowsy), discussing how much we've grown and learned about ourselves and one another...understanding that we are life partners...despite how imperfect everything and everyone is, our little family of four makes me giddy (an understatement).

"have you ever transcended space and time?"
...
"yes. no. uh, time, not space...no, i don't know what you're talking about"

- i heart huckabees

le petit prince

"one sees clearly only with the heart. anything essential is invisible to the eyes...

...it's the time spent on your rose that makes your rose important...

...people have forgotten this truth,...but you mustn't forget it. you become responsible forever for what you've tamed...

...you're responsible for your rose..."

- the fox (antoine de saint-expuery - the little prince)

...je t'aime.

There are times when life calls out for a change. A transition. Like the seasons. Our spring was wonderful, but summer is over now and we missed out on autumn. And now all of a sudden, it's cold, so cold that everything is freezing over. Our love fell asleep, and the snow took it by surprise. But if you fall asleep in the snow, you don't feel death coming.

(francine; segment "faubourg saint-denis")

The Children of Oryx, the Children of Crake.

"Crake made the bones of the Children of Crake out of the coral on the beach, and then he made their flesh out of a mango. But the Children of Oryx hatched out of an egg, a giant egg laid by Oryx herself. Actually she laid two eggs: one full of animals and birds and fish, and the other one full of words. But the egg full of words hatched first, and the Children of Crake had already been created by then, and they'd eaten up all the words because they were hungry, and so there were no words left over when the second egg hatched out. And that is why the animals can't talk."

--Oryx and Crake (Margaret Atwood)

Atticus Finch

I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do.
--To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)