"most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people."

~ in neil gaiman's/terry pratchett's "good omens"

"the thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities."

~ sydney smith

eid mubarrak! (",)

jaime lannister: if your gods are real and if they're just, why is the world so full of injustice?
catelyn stark: because of men like you.
jaime lannister: there are no men like me. only me.

~ in episode 10 of hbo's adaptation of g.r.r. martin's "a game of thrones"

as i've mentioned before, i'm not a fan of book-to-screen adaptations because the purist in me struggles to reconcile what is being shown to what has been written. i have always "liked the book better".

but this mini-series has not only managed to stay true to the text but it has captured the essence of "a game of thrones".

so far.

i am actually looking forward to the continuation in 2012! (",)

i finished the fifth book (the ebook version) two weeks ago and i am also looking forward to the sixth in the series. i hope i won't have to wait another two years!

"love is the death of duty. we're all human. we all do our duty when there's no cost to it; honor comes easy then. yet, sooner or later in every man's life, there comes a day when it is not easy, a day when he must choose."

~ maester aemon targaryen, in episode 9 of hbo's adaptation of g.r.r. martin's "a game of thrones"

"there is only one god; and his name is death. and there is only one thing we say to death: not today."

~ syrio forel, in episode 6 of hbo's adaptation of g.r.r. martin's "a game of thrones"

"so long as men remember the wrongs done to their forbears, no peace will ever last. so we go on century after century, with us hating them and them hating us."

~ hoster bracken in g.r.r. martin's "a dance with dragons"

tyrion lannister | do you mean to spend your whole life running away?
penny | you're running, too.
tyrion | i am. but i am running to and you are running from, and there's a world of difference there.

~ in g.r.r. martin's "a dance with dragons"

tyrion lannister: do you mean to spend your whole life running away?
penny: you're running, too.
tyrion: i am. but i am running to and you are running from, and there's a world of difference there.

"in the long run we'll all be dead. but then for us it is the short run that counts. so why not make the most of it?"

~ john maynard keynes

"people become the stories they hear and the stories they tell."

~ elie wiesel

"reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. while we all hope for peace, it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based upon principle, on justice."

"it may be legal, but not necessarily just."

~ tony arellano

"to be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have."

~ ken s. keyes, jr.

"the starting point of all achievement is desire. weak desire brings weak results."

~ napoleon hill

"the way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

~ walt disney

"ff you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."

~ wayne dyer

"in any situation, there are two things to ask: 'what is the gift?' - have i shown gratitude? and, 'What is the lessson?' - am i learning it?

~ marianne williamson

yey! (",) the 11-hour lord of the rings extended version download is done!

"obstacles are those frightening things that become visible when we take our eyes off our goals."

~ henry ford

"life's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?"

~ martin luther king, jr.

whew! (",) exhausted from back-to-back sessions with the grade school faculty and the el consejo atenista. may we always remember: we are men and women for and with others.

"one person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests."

~ john stuart mill

"the greatest obstacle to connecting with our joy is resentment."

~ pema chodron

"you are getting bad advice from your testicles."

~ nicci, in terry goodkind's "confessor"

classic phrase! just had to share it. (",)

"at the centre of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want."

~ lao tzu