I’m so eager to see you again
but i wouldn’t ask to see you
not because i’m proud
in fact, in front of you
i cede all my pride
yet only if you asked to see me
our meeting would be meaningful to me

Simone de Beauvoir 《Letters to Nelson Algren》

i am not sure the exact source of this quote yet.

Your joy is your sorrow unmasked
And he selfsame well from which your laughter rises was often times filled with your tears
And how else can it be?
The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.

Kahil Gibran, The Prophet

“When bankers get together they talk about art. When artists get together, they talk about money” — Oscar Wilde

I’ve always suspected that Issac’s title has something to do with this. Apparently, that’s true. number5 just confirmed that for me. (Isaac himself just confirmed that too)

“Skulls are really about mindfulness. mindfulness is about being where you are. not where you’ve been. and not where you’re going. and recognizing all thing will pass meaning that joy will pass, sadness will pass, and your life will pass. and embracing that mortality and being in that mindful place. just enjoy that experience, don’t think about too much about the future or worry the mistakes from the past, knowing every experiences, good and bad, painful and joyful is adding up to you and being in your life, and that’s good.”

Teri Hatcher – Inside the Actor’s Studio

「你們身上的那些美德，在還沒經過考驗之前，都不是你的。」 #

很久以前就很喜歡這個quote，倒不是跟蔣勳有關，而是當發現，原來又多認識自己一點的時候，就是那種滋味，近日有感。

幾年前在爆炸的時候，第一次讀到滑雪的北極熊，我發笑了。

〈分類之物〉

夜晚簡單地分為有做過和沒做過兩類
早晨分成拉出了甚麼呀和甚麼都拉不出來兩類

笑聲分為猥瑣的和不猥瑣的兩類
憂鬱分為有癒合過和沒有癒合過兩類

美麗分為有效和沒效兩類
醜陋分為是可忍和孰不可忍兩類

北極熊分為很會滑雪和不會滑雪兩類
擁抱分為燙傷和凍傷兩類

詩人分為有愛過和沒愛過兩類
愛人分為寫詩和不寫詩兩類

年少分為被阿過和沒有被阿過兩類
人生分為有爆炸過和沒有爆炸過兩類

死分為有罪和沒有罪兩類
有時候又僅僅是爽和不爽兩類

鯨向海，《通緝犯》，頁180-181

Much madness is divinest sense
To a discerning eye;
Much sense the starkest madness.
‘T is the majority
In this, as all, prevails.
Assent, and you are sane;
Demur, — you’re straightway dangerous,
And handled with a chain.

Emily Dickinson