Tusen takk, Nina!
Du er den beste! *smask*
I will never be the woman with the perfect hair,
who can wear white and not spill on it.
- Carrie i Sec and The City -
I admit it's tempting to wish for the perfect boss,
the perfect parent, or the perfect outfit.
But maybe the best any of us can do is not quit,
play the hand we've been dealt, and accessorize what we've got.
- Carrie i Sec and The City -
"Later that day I got to thinking about relationships. There are those that open you up to something new and exotic, those that are old and familiar, those that bring up lots of questions, those that bring you somewhere unexpected, those that bring you far from where you started, and those that bring you back. But the most exciting, challenging and significant relationship of all is the one you have with yourself. And if you can find someone to love the you you love, well, that's just fabulous."
- Carrie i Sex and The City -
"Think about it. If you are single, after graduation there isn't one occasion where people celebrate you. ... Hallmark doesn't make a "congratulations, you didn't marry the wrong guy" card. And where's the flatware for going on vacation alone?"
- Carrie i Sex and The City -
"That's the key to having it all: stop expecting it to look like what you thought it was going to look like. It's true of the fall lines, and it's true of relationships."
-Enid i Sex and The City -
Alt det du vet om e vinter'n som tappa dæ tom
Og natta som vet den har vunne.
Du har TV'n og tankan dæ sjøl og et rom
Og liv som har levd og forsvunne.
Du vet det e været som hold dæ førr narr,
Men du kjenn ingen ansikta i januar
Og du lengta mot lyset fra mørket om morran.
Og fra frosten som frys fast i såran
Joda du vet du har venna at du har det bra,
Men tengan e tøngre å bær på.
Du e ensom og hjelpelaust nordaførr da,
Det e langt inn te hjerta med klær på.
Du kunn ha gådd ut men korhen sku du gå,
Så håpa du heller at nå'n banka på
Jo det vet å bit fra sæ det landet vi 1ev i,
Han e lang vinter'n, men ikke evig
Førr nu e det vår her i byen og gatan e bar
Det spire og gror i landet.
Og det gjør oss takknemlig førr det som vi har
Og vi trur på oss sjøl litegranne.
Det hende vi tell og med føle oss fri,
Vi vet vi e hjemme og her ska vi bli
Vi e sterk og kan ta ka som helst når det kommer,
Vi har sola og snart e det sommer
- Halvdan Sivertsen -
"Girls are taught a lot of stuff growing up. If a guy punches you he likes you. Never try to trim your own bangs and someday you will meet a wonderful guy and get your very own happy ending. Every movie we see, Every story we're told implores us to wait for it, the third act twist, the unexpected declaration of love, the exception to the rule. But sometimes we're so focused on finding our happy ending we don't learn how to read the signs. How to tell from the ones who want us and the ones who don't, the ones who will stay and the ones who will leave. And maybe a happy ending doesn't include a guy, maybe... it's you, on your own, picking up the pieces and starting over, freeing yourself up for something better in the future. Maybe the happy ending is... just... moving on. Or maybe the happy ending is this, knowing after all the unreturned phone calls, broken-hearts, through the blunders and misread signals, through all the pain and embarrassment you never gave up hope."
- Fra filmen "He's Just Not That Into You" -
I guess we're adults.
The question is;
When did that happen,
and how do we make it stop?
I've heard that it's possible to grow up - I've just never met anyone who's actually done it. Without parents to defy, we break the rules we make for ourselves. We throw tantrums when things don't go our way, we whisper secrets with our best friends in the dark, we look for comfort where we can find it, and we hope - against all logic, against all experience. Like children, we never give up hope...
I know things haven’t been the same since you lost her
But that's alright I feel it too
I don’t want things to change I'll give you all the time you need
To feel warm and safe again
I'll take you for a night on the town
I'll take you home when the sun goes down
I'll take you for a walk in the park
I'll take you home when it gets dark
But no matter what you do lean on me
After all we’re family
And that doesn’t change
You can stay as long as you want but you don't have to
You can come and go we don’t need to know
Words won’t cure what ails but the simple truth is there and it always prevails
All your friends are there for you
I'll take you for a night on the town
I'll take you home when the sun goes down
I'll take you for a walk in the park
I'll take you home when it gets dark
But no matter what you do lean on me
After all we’re family
And that doesn’t change
Like starlight
I'll take you for a night on the town
I'll take you home when the sun goes down
I'll take you for a walk in the park
I'll take you home when it gets dark
But no matter what you do, lean on me
After all we family
And that doesn’t change
Like starlight
It's my life
Don't you forget
It's my life
It never ends
A couple of hundred years ago, Benjamin Franklin shared with the world the secret of his success. Never leave that till tomorrow, he said, which you can do today. This is the man who discovered electricity. You think more people would listen to what he had to say. I don't know why we put things off, but if I had to guess, I'd have to say it has a lot to do with fear. Fear of failure, fear of rejection, sometimes the fear is just of making a decision, because what if you're wrong? What if you're making a mistake you can't undo? The early bird catches the worm. A stitch in time saves nine. He who hesitates is lost. We can't pretend we hadn't been told. We've all heard the proverbs, heard the philosophers, heard our grandparents warning us about wasted time, heard the damn poets urging us to seize the day. Still sometimes we have to see for ourselves. We have to make our own mistakes. We have to learn our own lessons. We have to sweep today's possibility under tomorrow's rug until we can't anymore. Until we finally understand for ourselves what Benjamin Franklin really meant. That knowing is better than wondering, that waking is better than sleeping, and even the biggest failure, even the worst, beat the hell out of never trying.
- Meredith Grey i Grey's Anatomy -