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[Fri 3 Oct / 11:27am] |
 
spam. anon. love. hate. paul rudd is my hero. whatever.
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| 002. she |
[Tue 29 Apr / 2:42pm] |
There was something inside her that longed to be desired, to be cared for and protected, to be listened to and accepted without judgment. To be loved.
- The Highway; page 351
I don't pretend to know a lot about women. That might be different if I had sisters, but I don't. (Well, unless you count Ryan after he watches Titanic) Contrary to popular belief, I don't always know what to say and do, and I'm certainly not that guy who goes around with a girl on each arm and a few others flocked about (unless you count my Russian Baby-Momma), but seriously - the way I am "good" with my words is to put them on paper, to write out what's in my head because otherwise, it just doesn't seem to compute.
From that page in my novel (very few are allowed to read it before I actually GET if I get published), is the one fundamental thing I think I know about women, or maybe hope about one in particular. I think more than just trying to say that is 'what women want', I mean that as...that's what everyone wants. Some people might be better at hiding it than others, but I think everyone on some level just wants to be accepted and looked after, loved in whatever form that comes in, for them.
I think, as far as what I've seen, that some people just don't know how to accept that someone wants to be everything for them. Their friend, their lover, their protector and partner. I have seen a great relationship in my parents, and I want that for myself. For me, at least, I think the reality of actually being anything and everything to one person, potentially forever, is a really, really scary thing.
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| 001. People |
[Wed 2 Apr / 2:39pm] |
You’re going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it’s always their actions you should judge them by. It’s actions, not words, that matter.
- The Highway; page 202
I won't lie. I'm no poet. I put pen to paper, or...words on word document? Whatever. I think most of what I write is is some meshing together of of things I see in my day, of experiences in my life. My life, I'll say, has been a good one thus far, and I think that I have the people in my life, the people that I've met over the years to thank for that.
Yes, a few of said people have made it into my novel. Not so much the ones I pass by or the folks that pack my groceries or who I sit across from on the bus. Though that crazy guy who stands in front of the convenience store, yelling at the kids in this town definitely makes a cameo in my book.
People who have heart, people who make a difference just by little things that they do. Those are the people that the great stories are written about. I mean, how interesting would a book be about a guy who sits on his ass and does nothing? Someone who just runs his mouth off without actual action behind it? Not very.
As I wrote, "It's actions, not words, that matter." I truly do believe that. So think about that the next time you want to just tell someone you love them or tell someone you're sorry. Show it.
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