Jean Paul: It's not wrong to want someone to love you. Most people are together just so they are not alone. But some people want magic. I think you are one of those people.

Nora: Nothing wrong with that?

Jean Paul: Nothing, but it doesn't happen all the time.

"Iris, in the movies we have leading ladies and we have the best friend. You, I can tell, are a leading lady, but for some reason you are behaving like the best friend."

Alice: Why did you do this?

Anna: I fell in love with him, Alice.

Alice: That's the most stupid expression in the world. "I fell in love" -- as if you had no choice. There's a moment, there's always a moment; I can do this, I can give in to this or I can resist it. I don't know when your moment was but I bet there was one.

Anna: Yes, there was ( Read more... )

"Nothing's perfect," I said.

"Nothing real," she replied. "But as long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending.

"The worst is over. I have seen him. We have been once more in the same room. A bow, a curtsy. I heard his voice and then, he was gone. He has not forgiven me. I have used him ill, deserted and disappointed him. And worse, I've shown a feebleness of character in doing so, which his own decided, confident temper could not endure. Once there were no ( Read more... )

Brendan: Oh, how's poker?

PJ: Well, Bobby's seeing Claire now so that's like, you know, a thing.

Brendan: Wow.

PJ: You know, it's okay. I brought it on myself. I can't stop acting like a moron in front of him.

Brendan: Well, Peej, I mean, did you ever just think that maybe he's just not ready for you?

PJ: That sounds like something my mother ( Read more... )

Grant: Alexa, have you ever felt threatened?

Alexa: I feel a little threatened right now.

Grant: (laughs) Oh, that's good. (turns serious) But no, I meant have you ever been afraid of being hurt? Destroyed? Raped?

Alexa: No...

Grant: You ever fucked anyone?

Alexa: Sorry, but I don't think that has anything to do...

Grant: It has everything to ( Read more... )

"Ilalabas ko ang kamay sa bintana at huhulihin ang ulan, pising karugtong ng mga minamahal sa ibang lugar, may kamay ding nakalabas, nag-aabang."
- vlad_gonzales (@vlad_gonzales) August 18, 2013

Nakakaiyak sa sobrang ganda.

"Nothing that will remain happens overnight. Rejoice in the little victories. Don't be discouraged by things that take a long time--they are always worth it."

Two posts in one day. Haha. Have given up trying to write that scene because inspiration would not turn up no matter how hard I forced it to. So I'm going to make a list instead.

Things I Would Do After I Graduate This April 2013:

1. Read all seven volumes of Proust's In Search of Lost Time. (Assuming that by this time, I've already finished Anna ( Read more... )