"There's a moment, there's always a moment, 'I can do this, I can give into this, or I can resist it,' and I don't know when your moment was, but I bet you there was one."
"I hope it is true that a man can die, and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life."-Jack Kerouac
"We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will."
"I wanted to write about the moment when your addictions no longer hide the truth from you. When your whole life breaks down. That's the moment when you have to somehow choose what your life is going to be about."-Chuck Palahniuk
"An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise. "-Victor Hugo
"Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I've taken for granted."-Sylvia Plath
"as the poems go into the thousands, you
realize that you've created very little. it comes down to the rain, the sunlight,the traffic, the nights and the days of the years, the faces."
-Charles Bukowski
"Forget your personal tragedy. We are all bitched from the start, and you especially have to be hurt like hell before you can write seriously. But when you get the damned hurt, use it-don't cheat with it."
-Ernest Hemingway
infatuation and adoration:
my family. my two older sisters. the wisdom of the elderly. genuine friends. APMF. the brat pack. homecookin'. my puppy's snoring. my own reality. joaquin phoenix. skin. pancakes.writing & reading. history & culture. chaos. smiling. huge sunglasses. the present & future. fireplaces. roadtrips. coffee. discoveries. ancient egypt. fresh flowers. babies & children. animals. trees. fried food. gymnastics. the golden girls.music. fashion. art. listening&talking. delicate food. warped tour. mashed potatoes. southern buffets. windows down&driving. my bed. feeling too much. body art and modification. cheese. gandalf the white. hobbits. anything lord of the rings. magical lands. fantasy. the dead. and the undead. red lipstick. skinny pants. cowboy boots. the south. fine literature. antiquities. laughing. whispers. secrets. Prada &Chanel &MAC. tucker & my little lola. treehouses.
music:
placebo. say anything. tom petty. damien rice. the rolling stones. the sounds. tegan and sara. otis redding. frank sinatra. taking back sunday. the used. david gray. emery. my chemical romance. the chili peppers. copeland. postal service. everytime i die. the format. my friends' bands. oldddd country music. hardcore music. indie rock.
i like that rock 'n roll, baby.
films:
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. shakespeare in love. garden state. breakfast at tiffany's. you can count on me. gladiator. lord of the rings. little miss sunshine. troy. almost famous. sin city. the life and death of david gale. hocus pocus. golden girls on dvd. sabrina. roman holiday. closer, closer, closer. blood diamond. peter pan. walk the line. everything is illuminated. planet of the apes. blow. boogie nights. diary of a mad black woman. vanilla sky. mean girls. historical-based movies. sci fi.
Oh, let's see:
Life is:
that one feeling.
Basically, my life rules.
Nothing will come between my real friends and i. no matter what. no matter who. no matter where.
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