"He'll never let go of the darkness."

"He doesn't have to. He just needs someone to surround him with light."

- Sephiroth and Tifa, Kingdom Hearts 2

"Kung Fu Panda is a stereotypical movie. A panda is a Chinese animal, therefore it must be good at kung fu."

- Esme, I love you

Tayend made a small noise of disgust. "The crew don't seem to have much confidence in you," he murmured.

"They're not taking any chances," Dannyl replied. "Would you?"

"You're our hero and protector. I know you'll save us."

- Tayend and Dannyl, The Novice by Trudi Canavan

rereading old books is so calming.

"You don't have to be here," she told him. "I'm safe. You said so. Go. Get away before they get their hooks in you."

Shaking his head, he stood, letting go of her hand.

"No, Sonea. You need someone familiar around. Someone you can trust. I won't leave you alone with them."

"But you can't become Faren's slave just so I have a friend to talk to. Go back to Harrin and Donia. I'm sure Faren will let you visit now and then."

He paced to the door, then turned to face her.

"I want to do this, Sonea." His eyes were bright.

- Ceryni and Sonea, The Magician's Guild by Trudi Canavan

one of the best scenes in the entire world.

TOM
It's these greeting cards, Sir,
these cards, these movies, these
pop songs. They're responsible for
all the lies, the heartache,
everything! We're responsible!

[Everyone shifts in their seats.]

TOM
I think we do a bad thing here.
People should be able to say how
they feel, how they really feel,
without some strangers putting
words in their mouths. The truth. A
card is a nice thought but it
shouldn't do the dirty work for
you. You love someone, tell them
yourself, in your own words. Maybe
it's not love at all. Maybe there's
no such thing as love. Maybe
it's... "galoogoo."
(PAUSE)
Yeah I made it up, so what?!

[Tom gets up and walks to the door.]

TOM
It's all crap. We make and peddle
crap. And sometimes people believe
in this crap. I just can't do it
anymore, Mr. Vance. There's enough
bullshit in the world without my
help. I quit.

made me lollerskate as an asthmatic.

Casey: (handing Chuck a rose) Aren't you forgetting something, Romeo?

Chuck: Oh-hoh, of course. Let me guess, this is equipped with some kind of microscopic, infrared tracking device that determines...her mother's communist affiliations?

Casey: No, idiot, it's so you can get laid.

- Chuck, Season 2

chasing the moment.

I have a theory that in everyone's life, they have defining Steven Spielberg movie moments where E.T. flies across the moon, fireworks blast off and everyone breaks out into spontaneous song and dance.

I came across this theory the moment I heard those five-blasé words part from the ear of one of my first customer's mouth. The tone had a slightly deeper intonation, but it still rang in my ear familiarly, and when I finally looked up at the now infamous table thirteen, I had to mentally lock my jaw to keep it from falling out of socket.

- Amor Tutti Fa Uguali, Annie Christ

rain in wanchai.

I love it when the thunder roars overhead and people salubriously cluster under whatever shelter they can find, when the thrill of running in the rain makes you scorn their petty fear and your shoes fill with rainwater as you race on.

I ran all the way to the bus stop and fully expected an insanely long line to be waiting there. Strangely enough, when it came, it was completely empty. Sitting on the bottom floor of that bus, watching the rain peter down over the city, was the most calming experience I've had in a long time.

we've all got the capacity for angsty teen poetry.

I am aware that what I post next will firmly secure my position as a silly teenage girl, but attempting to break free of stereotypes and criticising them is so cliched. I've posted a scribbled, untitled poem below. I'm aware my creative writing style is kindofreallyyes abstract, but it means something to me so I don't see the need to adapt it.

A finger lingers

on a mouse button worn with the same blurred fingerprint
and a well-meaning computer screen attempts to
illuminate a face in starburst, only finding
failure.

Studies show that darkness contributes to depression;
which leads to self mutilation;
which leads to suicide;
(or so the online article states)
but she lets it stay because it's the only thing that
envelopes her in a blanket of
security
and the weighty knowledge that facades are no longer necessary.

(as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be-)

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i don't touch you anyways.

so Urban Dictionary can be poignant.

'It all comes down to two things- fear and incompetence.'

Someone please tell me what we do now.

Dopo la partita, Re e Pedone vanno nella stessa scatola.

Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box.

- Italian proverb

shared between two.

"But...I did my best, Jun. I found a job so I could become more independent-"

"This is exactly what's wrong with you. You've always only thought about yourself. And you didn't think about Shouji enough. Love is a story between two human beings, so if you can't think of each other, it doesn't work."

- Hachi and Jun, Nana

lottery winners.

"The actors you see on the big screen like Keira Knightley? They're the lottery winners. They always have work lined up for them. 92-94% of all actors are either unemployed or working as something other than an actor. It's not easy an easy life. If you want to be an actor, you need to be prepared to stay in dressing rooms that smell like shit, to be able to spread yourself thin amongst casting agents, to be able to perform for audiences of three people and be okay with all of that. You have to be acting because theatre is your life and what you are.

It's the only way it isn't going to break you."

- talking to Phillip Pellew, cast member of Showstopper!

"I hope there's an explanation for this," he said testily, tucking his arms around himself to brace against the chilly wind. "Something other than you're a recently paroled psychopath and I should be alerting the authorities."

"First month of parole's always tough," the redhead agreed.

- My Girlfriend Who Lives in Canada by Quillslinger

She had never been very expressive with her emotions, but he could always read her like a book - wayward punctuations, the detached relationship between words and sentences - and something told him that if he looked at her face right now, it'd be wearing an expression that meant her heart was breaking, and even though he could quote Chaucer and give shots and care for a chemotherapy patient, he didn't know how to deal with that.

Your broken heart was your own to bear and bury.

- from chapter three of My Girlfriend Who Lives in Canada by Quillslinger

"But can a girl like me find a guy who'll love her for life? What if I grow old like this, without any ambitions? What if I end up dying lonely and sad?"

- Nana Komatsu