quotable quotes

just got home from bobby's & john's joint birthday celebration. lest i forget these words in my sleep-deprived state, here they are:

"you can't have all the benefits without the responsibility."

"open ka, open din naman ako, eh di i-close na natin."

cryptic as these may seem without the context, i'll leave these as is. good morning, world! :)

the time traveler's wife

"do you love her?"

"very much," i whisper. we lie silently side by side, watching the swaying trees, the birds, the sky. i hear a muffled sniffling noise and glancing at clare i am astonished to see that tears are streaming across her face toward her ears. i sit up and lean over her. "what's wrong, clare?" she just shakes her head back and forth and presses her lips together. i smooth her hair, and pull her into a sitting position, wrap my arms around her. she's a child, and then again she isn't. "what's wrong?"

it comes out so quietly that i have to ask her to repeat it: "it's just that i thought maybe you were married to me."

- by audrey niffenegger

conversation with kiko

kiko (to mommy): where the one should we going?
me (to kiko): "where should we go?" o "where are we going?".
kiko: thank you for correcting me.
me: you're very welcome.
kiko: you're very thank you.

WAHAHAHA!

mukhang marami pang lessons kaming pagdaraanan. ;)

serving crazy with curry

"some love deeply, some love forever. my love for her is beyond tomorrow, beyond today, beyond forever. i will always remember her, always mark the day she came and the day she left. she will forever be inside of me, along with regret, which will not be as heavy because she will be there as well, easing this heavy load inside of me."

- devi veturi in serving crazy with curry
by amulya malladi

happy valentine's : )

whenever i watch romantic movies, witness couples kiss & make up, & listen to love songs, i smile & feel good because i know that love still works...if not for me, at least for others.

happy valentine's day, friends! : )

bridget jones: the edge of reason

"the room started to go blotchy. hate this thing about dating. one minute you're closer to someone than anyone in the whole world, next minute they only need to say the words "time apart," "serious talk" or "maybe you..." and you're never going to see them again and will have to spend the next six months having imaginary conversations in which they beg to come back, and bursting into tears at the sight of their toothbrush."

- bridget in bridget jones: the edge of reason
by helen fielding

pride & prejudice

"you are too generous to trifle with me. if your feelings are still what they were last april, tell me so at once. my affections & wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever."

mr. darcy in pride & prejudice
by jane austen

my first day out of the office...

not really a happy way to start the week, as i had a horrible headache for more than 12 hours. argh. so, i was confined to activities that i could do while lying down (read: watching TV or a movie).

was able to watch the american president again. call me corny, but it made me cry. it really is one of my favorite movies, along with my bestfriend's wedding and my girl.

i then proceeded to 7 episodes of season 1 of grey's anatomy. overdose ba? haha! wala lang, i just wanted to know what it was about, as everyone seems to be into it. well, this quote from meredith in episode 4 stuck:

intimacy is a four-syllable word for, "here are my heart & soul. please grind into hamburger, & enjoy." it is both desired & feared, difficult to live with, & impossible to live without.

true, isn't it? at least, somewhat true.

on a lighter note, here's part of an email i got that really made me laugh:


kung pwede lang, no?

a quote stolen from sarah's blog

Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses, you build up a whole suit of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we should be just friends' turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate love.

- Neil Gaiman

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point taken, mr. neil gaiman. but while my love life is far from being peachy at the moment, i am not about to denounce love. sure, the events of the past few months have finally started to sink in, and i'm starting to feel the pain of being ripped apart. the present offers no solace, and the future seems bleak. yet for me, hating love would be synonymous to forgetting that the 52 months i devoted to my former relationship gave me more happiness than hurt.

i feel anything but strong at the moment, but i don't want to get mad. i also don't want to feel bitter. nothing in what i'm in right now is easy, but i'm still grateful that i went through this. after all, not everyone can say that they've been loved by the one that they love.

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"wala nga kaya akong karapatan sa iyo? ang mahalin kita ang siya kong karapatan. hindi ko maipipilit ang aking sarili. mamahalin kita nang may paghahamon. inihanda ko na ang aking sarili sa anumang pag-uusig, at ang pag-uusig man ng aking sarili, balang araw, kung mangyari man, ay pinaghandaan ko na rin."

- alma fuertes
mula sa ang tundo man may langit din
ni andres cristobal cruz

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kailan ko kaya matatagpuan ang langit ko?

must love dogs

"...are just so different. who we are, what we want. i never knew how important that would be. i thought you just had to find someone to love, & then the rest would fall into place."

- michael hurlihy in must love dogs
by claire cook