August 2010
1 post
caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. it was full of...
– her: but i love that part… the box of stars… it’s such a good metaphor for caddy.
him: yeah… bright and burning…
her: but… she’s closed off. in this dark, claustrophobic place.
him: …but she’s lighting up everybody around her.
May 2010
2 posts
there is something in the air that reminds you of your life.
February 2010
1 post
and the sad truth of the matter is
i’ll never get over it … but...
December 2009
1 post
November 2009
3 posts
i found a prophet at the register in whole foods.
him: how are you doing today?
me: meh. it's only monday.
him: yes, but i like your coat. and you know, i'm just so glad to be anywhere right now.
me: (...?)
him: a lot of times people think about monday as if it's the same day every week. but they don't think about today... it's a different day.
me: i guess you're right.
him: and... it's almost tuesday.
i’m not optimistic, darling, but i’m hopeful. there’s a...
– ira sandperl by way of joan didion.
October 2009
9 posts
perhaps it is only by a kink in my nature, strong in me even in those days, that...
– somerset maugham
just don’t get frustrated with it,
because it’s not that serious.
– wise words from keev.
everything that has ever happened to you is still happening.
LA has weather.
we have LIFE.
– kelly cutrone
nothing was irrevocable; everything was within reach. just around every corner...
– goodbye to all that (joan didion)
July 2009
1 post
June 2009
2 posts
via weeds.
e: what are you afraid of?
n: calm.
e: calm before the storm?
n: the storm i can weather.
i’m looking for a dare to be great situation.
– via say anything.
May 2009
2 posts
somewhere impossible light still shines.
– via ryan adams
March 2009
1 post
February 2009
3 posts
October 2008
5 posts
via hemmingway
“she hasn’t had an absolutely happy life, brett. damned shame, too. she enjoys things so.”
so i am reminded of things i’d forgotten
the way doors can open & people just walk in
it’s not unexpected, no, it’s just how you planned it
beginning to think that it might never happen
but now it is happening … a door it is o p e n i n g …
the metro north. hot dogs. yellow mustard. guacamole. flip cup. ice cream...
– file under: how to be happy.
what’s for you won’t go by you.
– le mantra
September 2008
10 posts
charlie is my boyfs.
the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to...
– jack kerouac
heart tina & amy.
yes i have my father’s heart,
it may or may not keep on trying.
can’t really tell you what it is
keeps me this side of that dark line. (ad)
make out not war.
change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. we are...
– barack obama
August 2008
5 posts
there is a darkness and there is a light. and there is a choice.
– ryan adams.
well, after this i should think nothing of falling down stairs.
– alice in wonderland