Human beings are simple, predictable clichés. Broken hearts, betrayal, it’s all been done a billion times before. The problem is, every time still hurts like the first. And if you’re lucky enough to recover, you can be sure that just as you finish filling in all the cracks in your life, the next one is starting to open.

She holds out the tiny book of picture postcards, and something in her voice says, "See, I have chosen you."

Now I am quietly waiting for ( Read more... )

The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't live boldly enough, that they didn't invest enough heart, didn't love enough. Nothing else really counts at all.

The great moments of your life won't necessarily be the things you do. They'll also be the things that happen to you. Now I'm not saying you can't take action to affect the outcome of your life-you have to take action. And you will. But never forget that on any day, you can step out the front door and your whole life can change forever. You see, ( Read more... )

( Gossip Girl 2x22 )

So that's how we live our lives. No matter how deep and fatal the loss, no matter how important the thing that's stolen from us-that's snatched right out of our hands-even if we are left completely changed people with only the outer layer of skin from before, we continue to play out our lives this way, in silence. We draw ever nearer to our ( Read more... )

First trailer for "Away We Go"! Directed by Sam Mendes, co-written by Dave Eggers, starring the love of my life John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Allison Janney, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Cheryl Hines.

I can't wait. :)

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"A few years ago, my family was on a safari in Africa, and my cousin Mufasa was.. um, he was trampled to death by a pack of wildebeests. We all took it really hard. All of us, kind of in the audience, of what happened."

Grief Counseling is one of the best episodes of The Office ever, y/y?

Now, I don’t ask too many questions. Some people want an explanation immediately. Me, I’m okay with the goose-bumps of disbelief and/or the fearful tears that flow when you think someone is sneaking up behind you. I never ask a magician how he does his tricks. I am always impressed. Therefore, when the Universe delivers a well thought out gift with ( Read more... )