Wednesday, May 22, 2013

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

"The hummingbird
is not just another bird.
Its heart rate's 1,200 beats per minute.
Its wings beat 80 times a second.
If you was to stop their wings
from beating, it would be dead
in less than 10 seconds.
This is no ordinary bird.
This is a frickin' miracle.
They slowed down their wings
with moving pictures,
and you know what they saw?
Their wingtips are doing that.
You know what the figure eight
is the mathematical symbol for?
Infinity. Infinity!"

"You can be as mad as a mad dog
at the way things went. You can swear and curse the Fates. But when it comes to the end, you have to let go."

"This is the picture of Old Man Kangaroo at 5:00 in the afternoon."

"Sometimes we're on a collision course
and we just don't know it. Whether it's by accident or by design, there's not a thing we can do about it.."

"Non of us is perfect forever."

"Anything's possible."

"Some people are born to sit by a river. Some get struck by lightning. Some have an ear for music. Some are artists. Some swim. Some know buttons. Some know Shakespeare. Some are mothers. And some people dance."

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Cloud Atlas (2012)

And all becomes clear. Wish I could make you see this brightness. Don't worry, all is well. All is so perfectly, damnably well. I understand now, that boundaries between noise and sound are conventions. All boundaries are conventions, waiting to be transcended. One may transcend any convention, if only one can first conceive of doing so. Moments like this, I can feel your heart beating as clearly as I feel my own, and I know that separation is an illusion. My life extends far beyond the limitations of me.