Thursday, November 02, 2006

Quotes anyone?

So I have this thing, I love quotes regarding personal growth. It's nice to hear from a complete stranger that they've been through the same thing I'm going through, that i'm not completely crazy.
Here are some of my favorites:

From Garden State
Andrew Largeman: You know that point in your life when you realize that the house that you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of the sudden even though you have some place where you can put your stuff that idea of home is gone.
Sam: I still feel at home in my house.
Andrew Largeman: You'll see when you move out it just sort of happens one day one day and it's just gone. And you can never get it back. It's like you get homesick for a place that doesn't exist. I mean it's like this rite of passage, you know. You won't have this feeling again until you create a new idea of home for yourself, you know, for you kids, for the family you start, it's like a cycle or something. I miss the idea of it. Maybe that's all family really is. A group of people who miss the same imaginary place.

I'm pretty sure this quote rings true for most young adults in their 20's. I always thought this way and when I saw Garden State, I remember watching it and thinking "Oh my gosh, that's it! That's exactly it!"

From Breakfast at Tiffany's
Holly Golightly: He's all right! Aren't you, cat? Poor cat! Poor slob! Poor slob without a name! The way I see it I haven't got the right to give him one. We don't belong to each other. We just took up one day by the river. I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is but I know what it is like. It's like Tiffany's.
Holly Golightly: I'm like cat here, a no-name slob. We belong to nobody, and nobody belongs to us. We don't even belong to each other.
Holly Golightly: Well, when I get it the only thing that does any good is to jump in a cab and go to Tiffany's. Calms me down right away. The quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there. If I could find a real-life place that'd make me feel like Tiffany's, then - then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name!

Breakfast at Tiffany's has some of my favorite quotes of all time. This is just a scared young woman, afraid of growing up and settling down. Everytime something gets serious, she'll run and try something new. Her best friend is an orange cat without a name and she has a cut out bathtub for a couch. This movie to me, is a total classic.

From Elizabethtown
Claire Colburn: Sadness is easier because its surrender. I say make time to dance alone with one hand waving free.

Something I've totally learned this year. Why sit at home and think about that heart wrenching break up, when you can go out and try new things, meet new people, maybe even meet a new special someone. When i'm 80 years old, I want to remember all the adventures i've been on, and the people I've loved and lost and know that I gave it my all and learned as much as I could.
Instead of sitting at home regretting things that may have happened in the past, why not learn from them?


And Here is my ending quote:

From Audrey Hepburn
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.

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