Saturday, December 12, 2009

Quotes: about GTO and 蜗居

Jackie has a Word document saved in her USB containing all her favorite quotes. I'm planning to do the same. I've read some very fine, thoughtful pieces of writing. There are things from these writings that I do not want to forget. That I want to "tener en cuenta" for the rest of life. So in addition to a Word file on my USB, I would like to keep them here, supposedly a blog about my thoughts...

……我最喜欢的一位老师说过,外表越辉煌的东西总隐藏着越多看不到的肮脏,就算GH楼那么大,它的阴影也很多,很黑。毕业的时候,班上一个同学说,感谢FD,我遇到许多导师,但他们导得对不对,我还不知道。我越来越不喜欢仰头看楼了,更愿意低下头看自己的路。越来越不在乎别人对自己的看法,因为开始懂得,对自己的期许很重要。
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小时候,每个孩子都不想成为肮脏的大人。每一个肮脏的大人都是孩子变成的。沉沦的借口是永远可以找到的,更很容易理所应当的将它归诸别人,为了家人为了生存为了名誉……为什么不能为自己活得干净一些?每个人的干净成就干净的世界,只能是理想国?“有这么难吗?”我真想问一句,但这话,王家芝已经问过易先生。
  孩子是最有是非观念的群体,眼里容不进一粒沙子。每一双眼睛最初来到世上时都水样清澈,尘世的污浊一点点看过,最后全都变得浑浊。我现在想起以前的老师,已能心生慈悲,因为惭惭理解的缘故,又或者,我的眼睛也已不复清澈。
  大人者,有赤子之心。想说让我们一起做干净的大人吧,可实在很难,不忘初心清如水,庶几可矣。
- icancu,“大人者,不失其赤子之心”(GTO 剧评,豆瓣网)

I can't help but be touched by icancu's writing and thoughts. He spoke my mind. He expressed what I could not express eloquently in words. This quote is long but it's great. I even used some of the ideas in one of my self-discovery essay that I would post up here once I finish editing.


女孩要富养,性格才能高贵,这是一条硬道理,郭妈妈明白这个理。但她不明白,富养有时和钱没有多大关系,而是在于你是否给予你的女儿足够的关注。女孩在成长时是要比男孩精细很多的,如果你不能令她感到受宠,她很容易敏感自卑,潜伏下自轻自贱的性格。
- 魔法灰姑娘, “《蜗居》:如何将高贵、忠诚的价值理念给予下一代?”(豆瓣网)

I would like my dad to read and understand this, although I don't expect him to do so. Dads are supposed to be daughters' McDreamy, but unfortunately neither of my dads is my McDreamy. They are failures. And the faults of the one that I'm currently living with are just so glaring that I don't know what to say anymore. Dads are supposed to be models. My dads are models. What-not-to-be models.

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