PUBLIC MARKS from blackgoldfish with tag quote

Audrey Hepburn once said, "If I get married, I want to be very married." Alex, I can't wait to very-marry you.

*it is ecologically sound, coz it does not upset the environment :") *it requires no special equipment *it demands no special setting *it makes happy days happier *it makes impossible days possible *it imparts feelings of belonging *it fills up empty places in our lives

...to give voice to your heart

"in the end, it's these small things you remember, the little imperfections that make them perfect, for you. so to my beautiful children, i hope one day, you too find yourself partner who was slightly imperfect as your father, to me"

"do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplacable spark. [...] the world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours" - Ayn Rand

"keep a green tree in your heart. and perhaps a singing bird will come."

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do, with your one wild and precious life?"

You plus me equals chemistry: the mysterious equation of love.

Text below HELLO reads: Every goodbye makes the next hello closer - Anonymous

"Sexiness wears thin after a while and beauty fades, but to be married to a man who makes you laugh everyday, ah, now that's a real treat." Joanne Newman

「中研院的陳正國老師說：如果有天妳對自己有所懷疑，就不要往上爬，沒有人規定爬山一定要不斷往上爬，累了，下山也好。而好歹妳盡力了、見識過了。」

"The perfect weekend rewards your efforts for the week before and prepares you for the week ahead." -- John Mayer.

"as in hold on to your hope. your dreams. your memories. your faith. your joy. your love."

"fill your paper with the breathings of your heart." - William Wordsworth

"we do not write because we want to, we write because we have to." - W. Somerset Maugham

"memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose." Kevin Arnold

"It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time." Barbara Kingsolver

「我也想起辛波斯卡寫過一首詩歌誦死去的甲蟲。長期以來，我們對於死亡這件事總是習慣性地感到哀傷，但是否應該再想一想，死亡真有那麼可怕嗎？事實上，我們怎能知道活著比死去好呢？如果每一隻貓或者人死去，我們都要如此悲痛，難道，我們認為他們活得不夠好？所以要為他們傷心？我們有資格為其他的生命傷心嗎？與其要為死去的生命傷心，還不如為那些活著而毫無廉恥的人類傷心吧！或者為自己軟弱的心智傷心吧！」

莊子說：「天地有大美而不言。」 意指天地與人世間存在著無以言表的美麗、美好與美妙， 但天地始終沉默無言，並不張揚。 透過詩歌、言語，我們將其描繪出來，因而有藝術之美， 但我相信無論如何都不及親眼所見。

"Closing the store is the brave thing to do... You are daring to imagine that you could have a different life."

『A day is a step, a year is a tango. A day is a tourist, a year is a traveler. A day is a chance encounter, a year says love. A day is frustration, a year is a melody. A day is a lump of clay, a year is whatever you want it to be. A day is a thought, a year is a philosophy. Every year counts. Glenfiddich.』－Glenfiddich〈Every Year Counts〉TVC

“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.”- W. T. Ellis

“Love is not looking at each other, but looking together in the same direction”— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Keep your heart free from hate, your mind free from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Fill your life with love. Scatter sunshine. Forget self, think of others. Do as you would be done by. It’s the way to happiness. Try this for a week and you will be surprised." -- H.C. Mattern