February 2012
2 posts
It’s when I’m standing six feet away from you and not being able to...
– a million little pieces, James Frey
September 2011
4 posts
August 2011
1 post
June 2011
1 post
May 2011
1 post
Don’t work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone.
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...
– Written by Adrian Tan, author of The Teenage Textbook (1988), was the guest-of-honour at a recent NTU convocation ceremony.
This was his speech to the graduating class of 2008.
January 2011
5 posts
madcap Pronunciation
(adjective) Characterized by undue haste and lack of...
– Word of the Day (10 Jan 2010)
Mistreated, misplaced, misunderstood
Miss ‘No way, it’s all...
– Pink, F*kin’ Perfect
December 2010
1 post
November 2010
2 posts
October 2010
2 posts
Mamihlapinatapei
Yagan (indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego) – “the wordless, yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something but are both reluctant to start”
(Altalang.com)
September 2010
2 posts
Love has a right to be spoken. And you have a right to know that somebody loves...
– A Fisherman of the Inland Sea by Ursula K. Le Guin
July 2010
1 post
After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and...
– Veronica A. Shoffstall
January 2010
1 post
For Girls Only, Probably…
Being thin. Probably not a subject that you ever...
– J.K. Rowling (via curvesahead) (via knockturn) (via yerawizardharry) (via elizabethanne) (via snickerdoodle)
It may be for girls only, but I enjoyed it. She nails the attitude and her British wordisms are a delight to read.
(via peterwknox)
October 2009
3 posts
Not just another Friday...
IT IS THE GO GREEN DAY TODAY!
Finally.
If all goes well, photos will be up by next week. :)
(I’m never organising another party again! It’s exhausting.)
Look… in my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves...
– Mac MacGuff, in Juno
We were never lovers, and we never will be, now. I do not regret that, however....
– Lady Bast, in The Sandman #72, part three of “The Wake”
September 2009
2 posts
1 tag
You never hear about a sportsman losing his sense of smell in a tragic accident,...
– A Fraction of the Whole, Steve Toltz
August 2009
2 posts
Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable....
– Neil Gaiman