All That Love Was Free

"because you'd like to believe
that all that love was free
for someone like you"
--Ambulance LTD

The rest of the lyrics to that song, "Anecdote," are fantastic as well, but those three lines in particular just grab me when I hear them.

To Give Up Who You Are

“In order to change, you have to be willing to give up who you are” –Salma Hayek

I’ve said that to myself so many times in the years since I’ve read that interview that I may have changed the wording a little, unintentionally, in making it my own. But it was something very close, and certainly to that effect, that Salma Hayek was quoted as saying in some women’s magazine that I happened to read on break at work or in a doctor’s waiting room. I think those are very wise words, and with them Ms. Hayek really put her finger right on the reason that I, for one, struggle with change. MUCH more on that later.

Lyrics--The Beatles

one of my old Beatles favorites, from "It's All Too Much" by George Harrison:

"and all the world is birthday cake
so take a piece but not too much"

sweet and simple and says it all.

Words, Words, Words

That's from Hamlet. Words, words, words.

I love words. There are so many really fantastic strings of them out there. I have an obsessive habit of quote-collecting--writing down phrases of lyrics, poetry, novels, articles--that makes it hard for me to ever narrow it down for a facebook page or an AIM profile. I always have this intense urge to share words I find special, hoping that others will appreciate them too, and feeling somehow that my appreciation of them says something about me, something that I like about myself. I didn't necessarily write these words (although some that I'll be sharing here I did) but I often feel as though I could have, or should have, or that the author perfectly described something I would like to share if I only knew how.