May 2010
Today, I asked my mentor – a very successful business man in his 70’s – what his...
April 2010
TOO CUTE. (And so true...) →
letterstocrushes.
i’m that one guy. ‘tall boy.’ i want you to know i did it. i told her how i felt. we were drinking orange juice. and eating blueberry scones in my kitchen. we were going to my cousin’s wedding that day.
she looked gorgeous.
i was a nervous mess.
but i did it.
like i said i…
Relationships don’t work the way they do on television and in the movies: will...
– Dr. Cox - Scrubs
You can erase someone from your mind. Getting them out of your heart is another...
– Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
You could say that my life is an attempt at escaping the average, that my biggest fear is submitting to mediocrity.
Bumper
dearoldlove:
I drove by your work today and saw your car in the lot with the dent in the bumper from the time you crashed into a tree after dropping me off the first time. I remembered all the times we kissed, leaning against that car.
I’m really going to miss that old piece of crap car that I should be embarrassed to drive in, but I never am since you are there with me…
A little reflection soon shows how inconceivable it is really to love others...
– Alice Miller, The Drama of The Gifted Child
I feel sorry for the person who can’t get genuinely excited about his work. Not...
– Walter Chrysler
I didn’t know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or...
– The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
I hate that feeling…
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
– T.S. Eliot
I love this poem…
Is This a Good Thing?
dearoldlove:
After dating you, I can honestly look back at people I used to have crushes on and not find them attractive. If you gave me nothing else, at least you helped raise my standards.
True Story…
My Only Dorkface
dearoldlove:
I live in fear that you will nickname her dorkface, too. Could you please please please leave me with at least that?
Don’t call anyone else Babydoll. That is mine.
All you have to do is meet me half way. All you have to do is say yes.
– Owen Hunt, Grey’s Anatomy
What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who...
– Chuck Palahniuk
You jump, I jump remember?
– Jack Dawson - Titanic
In the Middle of the Night
dearoldlove:
There is no one I’d rather be up in the middle of the night with than you.
Even if you are studying really hard and I am trying really hard not to distract you…by the way…it is really hard.
717. GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT, BUT...
—GotWisdom
There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power....
– Washington Irving
When in doubt, keep quiet.
– The hatter, Alice in Wonderland