The scariest thing about falling in love is getting hurt. The scariest thing about getting hurt is not being able to love again. The scariest thing about not loving again is being alone forever.
It's an irony to know that it takes hours for someone to have guts to say "hi" to the one he likes, days to admire, weeks to miss the person, months to love, but just a blink of an eye to say goodbye...
"We all want to fall in love. Why? Because the experience makes us feel completely alive. Where every sense is heightened, every emotion is magnified, our everyday reality is shattered and we are flying into the heavens. It may only last a moment, an hour, an afternoon. But that doesn't diminish its value. Because we are left with memories that we treasure for the rest of our lives."
It is only by going through difficulties that we become strong. By opening up to love when we are facing such trials we can understand that we are not alone but have the unconditional support that we need from angels. - Margaret Neylon
Be an angel to someone today! It won't cost you anything but a thought! - Margaret Neylon
life is like a box of chocolates- it is overpriced, will make you sick if you have it quickly, and if other people see you with it, they will try to take bits of it away from you.
rule of thumb: if you're not sure you're the only one, then you're probably not.
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"i guess i'm just a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a bitch"
BUTCH FRANCISCO: Melanie, ano'ng message mo sa iyong mother in law na si Mrs. Dee?
MELANIE MARQUEZ: Okay, Mrs. Dee cannot understand Tagalog so I have to say this in English... Anyway, to Mrs. Dee, I have only one thing to say to you: "ANG LABO-LABO MO!"
My favorite. "I'm a semi - retarded actress..." is a close second.
Okay, so maybe it's not really a quotable quote. And the words are not written here exactly as they were said, but they were said, I watched it.
Solomon said to Benaiah ben Yehoyada, his most trusted minister:"Benaiah, there is a certain ring that I want you to bring to me.
"If it exists anywhere on earth, your majesty," replied Benaiah, "I will find it and bring it to you, but what makes the ring so special?"
"It has magic powers," answered the king. "If a happy man looks at it, he becomes sad, and if a sad man looks at it, he becomes happy."
Benaiah had no idea where he could find the ring. He decided to take a walk in one of he poorest quarters of Jerusalem. He passed by a merchant who had begun to set out the day's wares on a shabby carpet. "Have you by any chance heard of a magic ring that makes the happy wearer forget his joy and the broken-hearted wearer forget his sorrows?" asked Benaiah.
He watched the grandfather take a plain gold ring from his carpet and engrave something on it. When Benaiah read the words on the ring, his face broke out in a wide smile...
Said Solomon, "have you found what I sent you after?"
Benaiah held up a small gold ring and declared, "Here it is, your majesty!" As soon as Solomon read the inscription, the smile vanished from his face. The jeweler had written three Hebrew letters on the gold band: "gimel, zayin, yud", which began the words "Gam zeh ya'avor" -- "This too shall pass."
At that moment Solomon realized that all his wisdom and fabulous wealth and tremendous power were but fleeting things, for one day he would be nothing but dust.
This helps me when I am stressed and angry and sad, it helps keep me grounded when I become too proud or even when I spend too much. Just a reminder I use.
from Canto VII(the pain of exile) of paradiso from dante alighieris' divine comedy-"You shall leave everything you love most: this is the arrow that the bow of exile shoots first. You are to know the bitter taste of others' bread, how salt it is, and know how hard a path it is for one who goes ascending and descending others' stair"
Niccolo Machiavelli -"The ends justify the means."
OO nga pala. yung libro ni Melanie Marquez na Melanism ay hindi ma matutuloy. ready for printing na kaso. hinarang ng asawa nya. Inofferan sya ng asawa nya ng new house and lot basta wag lang ipublish yung book kasi daw makaka apekto daw yun sa pagkatao nya. saka pwede pa naman maimprove ang english nya.
Pero good news. ang sabi ni melanie. pwede pa raw maipublish yun. saka na daw pag nakuha na nya yung house and lot. hahaha. akalain mo yun.