User:K6ka/quotes

Why is it that the rich, who have the capability and capacity to help the poor, seldom do so or only in insincere amounts, while the poor, who are barely able to feed themselves, so open and welcoming to others? Perhaps it's because the poor know how other poor people feel, and so are more sympathetic to them, while the rich have likely never known a day where they really could not find food to eat.

Weird is normal. Normal is weird.

I want to stay young, live life young, die young. I don't mean physically young — I accept the fact that I'm not going to live forever, and that my body is going to grow old. But, in my mind, I want to keep chugging along like a child, living life to its fullest, never stopping to say, 'Damn, I'm old! Maybe I should retire for good...'. There's no time to retire — no time to retire from making each day count, that is.

I used to think people were just being nice when they said I was a good actor. Well, when enough people say it from different places, different ethnicities, and different scenarios, it should be pretty obvious that they weren't flattering me.

There are lots of consequences to travelling, but I want to get over those hurdles and see the world with my own eyes... and also to be able to brag about my travels on Facebook. But seriously, there's a world out there to explore, and a lot of people to meet.

My biggest fear? Hmm, I don't know, I fear a lot of things. I think my biggest fear would be being alone. By alone, I don't mean like having some 'alone time', which I don't mind and in fact like. By alone, I mean 'Nobody cares about you. Nobody acknowledges your existence. If you died nobody would mourn you, or even raise an eyebrow. You can be standing in a crowd and still be alone.' That's my biggest fear. Second-biggest fear? I don't know. Dying? Losing my Faith? Maybe it's my own mother.

We are all equal and so different at the same time. We're all the same, and we're all unique. Inevitably, someone's life is going to be better or worse than others. It's an intricate balance. And I think we should all accept it, not by allowing inequality to go ignored or by creating a 100% communist state, but by realizing that, even though we're all going to be at different levels, we should never hesitate to go up and down the ladder to help our fellow human beings.

The subject of 'birth order and its effects on personality and behaviour' is debatable, but I personally feel that it does. I am a second-born child, and second-borns tend to be more independent than their older sibling. They also tend to enjoy social activities and being with people outside of family more, and they're quite comfortable with making new friends. Second-borns are powerful and strong. Even though I don't have an ideal relationship with my older brother, I am grateful that he exists, because he made me who I am today. I'm proudly second-born. I don't regret a minute of it.

I think you'd be crazier to believe in the Big Bang than you are in an intelligent God.

Marriage can go up in smoke when couples divorce, when they are no longer together. They can break apart those ties. But the same doesn't go for siblings. No matter how bad or how rough or how tough things get, a sibling cannot turn to their brother or sister and say, "You're not my sibling any more!" They can't end the fact that they're siblings; they cannot break the tie. Siblings are inseparable, no matter how hard they try. Sure, siblings can part ways and stop talking to each other. They can fight and they can be sworn enemies. But they're still siblings, no matter what. Even if their parents break up and remarry, nothing done from any party can possibly change the fact that they're still connected, still biologically siblings. Thus, I am inclined to believe that the bond between siblings is indestructible, stronger than even that of marriage.

Stories are conceptualized in our minds. When an author composes a story, they create it in their head, every little detail and event, all the characters and their ins-and-outs. But the image they create in their minds cannot be seen by others; you cannot look directly into someone's mind. So authors convey the image they see in their minds with written language, using words to describe it. The reader obtains and absorbs the text, and using the words they have received, begin to recreate the author's image in their own mind. It is, of course, naturally impossible to describe a story in exactly the way the author imagined it through words, and inevitably, the reader's image will be different from the original image in the author's mind. It is all about perspective — everyone's view of the world is different. And a good author must accept that.

On their own, words have no power and no meaning. It is only when they enter someone else's mind are they capable of doing anything. Words are like a flash drive; without a computer that can read and interpret it, the flash drive is nothing more than a fancy-looking paper weight.