Everything
On our own
We don’t need
Anything
Or anyone
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget
the world?
- Snow Patrol, Chasing Cars
..”its actually a great way to leave, because it’s giving Gavin the message that we haven’t been defeated, we are up for it, we’re young, we’re in control of our lives again, we can charge into the future with confidence.”
- John Marsden, Circle of Flight
“My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa contrictor digesting an elephant.”
- Antoine de Saint Exupery, The Little Prince
“You better take care of me Lord, if you don’t you’re gonna have me on your hands.”
- Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp), Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas
“I’m not sure I’m an adult yet”
- Johnny Depp
“With the assistance of a couple of good mates we set upon digging an air-raid shelter in my backyard. My father took a lot of convincing that he was playing his part in Australia’s survival by giving up his much prized rhubarb patch.”
- John McGrath (My Great Uncle), Johnny’s War
“Attention customers, if there is a Guy in the store, could he please come to the register areas to meet his.. oops..”
I could analyse each of these quotes as to why they’ve stuck in my mind over the summer, but maybe that’s best left to the imagination of the reader. Life and the way I choose to negotiate my way through it.. is greatly shaped by the words that float by day by day, yet we all interpret everything so differently.. No wonder some people just don’t fit in.
.. and my favourite photo (so far) of Summer 06/07
Tags: John Marsden, Johnny Depp, photography, quotes, summer, thoughts
Wow.. a myriad of thoughts come to mind whilst pondering these quotes. But I wonder if fitting in neccessarily relies upon a similar/common interpretation of the words that define our experiences?
Perhaps rather than seeking individual meaning, a different approach could be taken: I feel overall inspired by the positive tone of many of these words, and whilst situations and scenarios come to mind, I think overall they speak of a hopeful future to come, a recognition of the steps it would take to reach that outcome, and a faith that you will make it.
On a less holistic note, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a very very odd movie — “We can’t stop here, it’s bat country!”
Hurray for more posts! ;p
Comment by Fradam — January 16, 2007 @ 7:48 pm