"The reason I don’t have a plan is because if I have a plan I’m limited to today’s options."
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Grew up in a small town, and after traveling, I've officially decided that a big city is the only place to be. You know, with revolving doors, late-night cabs, street vendors, all that good stuff.
From LA to Beijing to New York, and back to LA again. Where to?
Current city: Shanghai
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"The truth is, as a young girl, you can get a lot done."
众里寻他千百度，蓦然回首，那人却在灯火澜栅处。
You learn something new every day, and this is what I learned today. Basically, in Chinese, it translates into the situation where you’re constantly looking for that special someone, fruitlessly. One day, you all of a sudden turn around, and there he or she is, standing in a dimly lit corner, waiting patiently. Sigh. So romantic.
My boss knows all sorts of these lovely Chinese sayings, and I’m lucky I get to learn them :) Too bad our generation doesn’t know these sorts of things. They only know Jay Chou lyrics, which are fine too…
“For, after all, you do grow up, you do outgrow your ideals, which turn to dust and ashes, which are shattered into fragments; and if you have no other life, you just have to build one up out of these fragments. And all the time your soul is craving and longing for something else. And in vain does the dreamer rummage about in his old dreams, raking them over as though they were a heap of cinders, looking in these cinders for some spark, however tiny, to fan it into a flame so as to warm his chilled blood by it and revive in it all that he held so dear before, all that touched his heart, that made his blood course through his veins, that drew tears from his eyes, and that so splendidly deceived him.”
— Fyodor Dostoevsky
"There are things that we never want to let go of, people we never want to leave behind. But keep in mind that letting go isn’t the end of the world, it’s the beginning of a new life."
— (via eletheowl)
You Should Date An Illiterate Girl
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But that ain’t me. Granted, the following photo is in the children’s section at my favorite bookstore (Mr. B’s in Bath, England), but I love dear old James, Vlad, and Virginia. Yes, it’s a first name basis kinda love. Can’t forget about our friend Ernie ;)
As I was reminded by my friend:
“that’s one of my first tests of a boy - i ask him what he’s reading and if he doesn’t have an answer he’s not dateable” Well said, and well done, Charles.
I will accept nothing less than passion, and perfection, and a life worthy of being storied.
(Source: hervisualdiary)
"They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself."
— Andy Warhol (via queenofjuicy)
(Source: quote-book)
(Source: anditslove)
“I just want to be perfect,” Nina whispers to Thomas at one point. “Perfection is not just about control,” he replies. “It’s also about letting go.”
— Black Swan
“In very short order I found myself traveling the world with the best job in the world, doing pretty much whatever I wanted, eating whatever I wanted, drinking too much, and given the creative freedom to tell stories about those experiences any way I liked.”
— Anthony Bourdain
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