"Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy, and keep choosing it every day."
— Henri Nouwen
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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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“Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss? Romantically she decided that love must surely reside in the gap between desire and fulfillment, in the lack, not the contentment. Love was the ache, the anticipation, the retreat, everything around it but the emotion itself.”
— The Inheritance of Loss
"The reason I don’t have a plan is because if I have a plan I’m limited to today’s options."
"For what is love if not the promise to forgive?"
— Shantaram
“There were so many places where one might deteriorate pleasantly: Port Said, Shanghai, parts of Turkestan, Constantinople, the South Seas—all lands of sad, haunting music and many odors, where lust could be a mode and expression of life, where the shades of night skies and sunsets would seem to reflect only moods of passion: the colors of lips and poppies.”
— This Side of Paradise
Easily in my top 10 list of favorite books… F. Scott Fitzgerald is an incredible wordsmith. I’ve highlighted over 100 passages already.
“Life is a book.. a good book or a bad book, depending on the writer. Anything or anyone can be in your book, can be a page or more. The page cannot be erased but can only be torn, but it will be missing pages.”
My mom, wise beyond measure.
(She added, “I just think I’m a psychological person.” She meant “philosophical.”)
"The truth is, as a young girl, you can get a lot done."
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in the mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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