"In Greek, “nostalgia” literally means, “the pain from an old wound”. It’s a twinge in your heart, far more powerful than memory alone. This device isn’t a spaceship. It’s a time machine. It goes backwards, forwards. It takes us to a place where we ache to go again. It’s not called the Wheel. It’s called a Carousel. It lets us travel the way a child travels. Around and around, and back home again… to a place where we know we are loved."
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People believe those fairytales about falling in love at first sight at the bus, subway, or at the streets. But it doesn’t make sense how they’d laugh at the ones who fell in love at first sight through TV screens. Loving celebrity IS a type of love. Love is fair to everyone.
[누군가를 버스에서, 지하철에서, 거리에서 한순간 마주친 것만으로도 사랑하게 됐다는 꿈같은 이야기는 믿어주면서, 브라운관이나 스크린에서 한 번 본 것만으로도 사랑에 빠졌다는 얘기는 비웃다니 말이 안되죠. 연예인을 좋아하는 것도 사랑이에요. 사랑은 평등한겁니다.]
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mom: what if your future husband doesn't like your favorite band then what
me: why wouldn't he like his own music mom
"Nobody likes being alone that much. I don’t go out of my way to make friends, that’s all. It just leads to disappointment."
— Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (via
pratabomb)
"My biggest fear is that eventually you will see me the way I see myself."
"I mean, I have the feeling that something in my mind is poisoning everything else."
