To be born means being compelled to choose an era, a place, a life. To exist here, now, means to lost the possibility of being countless other potential selves.. Yet once being born there is no turning back. And I think that's exactly why the fantasy worlds of cartoon movies so strongly represent our hopes and yearnings. They illustrate a world of lost possibilities for us.
Hayao Miyazaki
Related A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung... PETER WESSEL ZAPFFE She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Plunging in “truths” about God is like walking on the bottom of a sea that is not there, searchi... MARIANA FULGER I was very grateful to have heard it again. Because I guess we all forget sometimes. And I think eve... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if... STEPHEN CHBOSKY A Ritual to Read to Each Other If you don’t know the kind of person I am and... WILLIAM STAFFORD Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _... GEORGE MACDONALD It's nice to have things to look forward to. STEPHEN CHBOSKY How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS In the real world, they told you who to be, not the other way around. RHODA BELLEZA I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. As far back as history records people thinking, thinking people
have been befuddled by the mysteries... LEWIS N. ROE I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my fac... STEPHEN CHBOSKY The only perspective is to really be there. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY it's okay to feel things. And be who you are about them. STEPHEN CHOBOSKY I don’t want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can’t think again. Not e... STEPHEN CHBOSKY It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I’m caught between trying to live my life, and trying to run from it. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't want to be somebody's crush.if somebody likes me, i want them to like the real me, not what ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found. 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STEPHEN CHBOSKY I will never forget the vision of Jamie walking towards me. NICHOLAS SPARKS As these images were going through my head, my breathing suddenly went still. I looked at Jamie, the... NICHOLAS SPARKS You don't have to learn much out of books, it's like if you want to learn about cows, you go milk on... HARPER LEE You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them. HARPER LEE if it doesn't come bursting out of you in spite of everything, don't do it. unless it... CHARLES BUKOWSKI The earth is an arena of champions. We are all champions. We all did overcome millions of potential ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON If our hopes are being disappointed just now, it means that they are being purified. OSWALD CHAMBERS If God give you strength and courage, don't use it to intimidate people or overpower them, rather us... ANTHONY LICCIONE I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I thought I would write a love letter. But then, I wrote a book." - Suzy Davies, on "Johari's Window SUZY DAVIES And the thing about nerd culture being mainstream culture now means that there's no place to just be... RAINBOW ROWELL From the development of our world and its ability to hold life, to being born into a species that ha... WILLIAM JOHN SHERMAN WALSH III But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go fr... STEPHEN CHOBOSKY I don’t know if I will have the time to write any more letters, because I might be too busy trying... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Travel does not exist without home....If we never return to the place we started, we would just be w... JOSH GATES How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL Peace does not walk up to our doorsteps and press the calling bell! We have to go out there and sear... AVIJEET DAS We are born, so to speak, twice over; born into existence, and born into life; born a human being, a... JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU Reject the religious labels and accept the only label that matters “Born Again JOHN M SHEEHAN The first and foremost human right or fundamental right is the right to exist. APURVA GAGLANI Dying is an integral part of life, as natural and predictable as being born. But whereas birth is ca... ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day. CRAIG GROESCHEL To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become despe... ERICH FROMM To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become despera... EMILY DICKINSON To hope means to be ready at every moment for that which is not yet born, and yet not become despera... ERICH FROMM To be or not to be isn't the question. The question is how to prolong being. TOM ROBBINS Life is not a game. Still, in this life, we choose the games we live to play. J.R. RIM Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. Reach out and help others. If you have the power to make someone happy, do it. Be a vessel, be the c... GERMANY KENT Put my head under my pillow, and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be. STEPHEN CHBOSKY He said it was the kind of book you made your own. STEPHEN CHBOSKY No hay nada como respirar hondo después de reírte tanto. Nada en el mundo como el dolor de estóma... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Sam dropped me off. When she was too far away to see me, I started to cry again. Because she was my ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I was born in a ghetto on the North Side of Pittsburgh. I was born as Emmett Till was dying and the ... JEWELL PARKER RHODES Being a leader also means you are well aware of all the hypocrisy going around yet you choose to be ... QAMAR KHAN QURESHI Sure most of us are 'happy'. Happy when we're shopping or drinking in the pub. Try being happy for j... CHERYL RUSHTON Lᴏᴠᴇ ɪs ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡɪɴᴅ ... Yᴏᴜ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴇᴇ ɪᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏ... NICHOLAS SPARKS She filed the image away as an excellent and insulting question to ask the earl at an utterly inappr... GAIL CARRIGER Often I didn’t think I was cut out for the way the world is, being born into a common culture and ... JACKIE HAZE The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH In the journey of life, certain paths may seem to be leading nowhere because of a mountain or hill o... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH To be a success, you have to break down your wall of fear that you built around you to protect yours... DEBASISH MRIDHA Then, I turned around and walked to my room and closed my door and put my head under my pillow and l... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I am below average! STEPHEN CHBOSKY but my dad said it was no excuse. "But I love him!" I had never seen my sister cry that much. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Everyone always says how I'm so smart, but they don't know what it's like being me. always feeling l... SUSANE COLASANTI Whenever I see an ambulance, I like to think there is a baby being born, rather than a death. PHIL LESTER You're still lovely," Mor said a bit gently. Elain offered a half smile. "I suppose that war m... SARAH J. MAAS Even though you complain you're broke, you over indulge in food, cigarettes and alcohol. You say you... CHERYL RUSHTON There is fear in being lost, but if the place being lost is beautiful, then there is fear in being f... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN One of the most important things I have found is that no one
school of thought has all of the answer... LEWIS N. ROE
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