QOTD: memoirs of a geisha

Mar. 28th, 2006 at 12:08 AM

we must not expect happiness; it is not something we deserve.

when life goes well, it is a sudden gift, it cannot last forever.

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beatfreak

Mar. 28th, 2006 01:19 pm (UTC)

I like this a lot. Was that a good movie?

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beatfreak

Mar. 28th, 2006 01:21 pm (UTC)

Well, I do think that most of us /deserve/ happiness... but I like the second part anyway.

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shakewell

Mar. 28th, 2006 05:54 pm (UTC)

yeah it was pretty good. i think i expected more from it, but still i like it. i've watched it a lot since i downloaded it.

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beatfreak

Mar. 28th, 2006 10:11 pm (UTC)

I'll have to check it out. If nothing else, I'll bet it's aesthetically beautiful.

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elizabethford

Mar. 29th, 2006 03:08 am (UTC)

i like this too

I'm actually watching Boston Legal right now and it's saying something pretty closely related--basically that we're always expected to be happy now, and it's no longer acceptable to be melancholy (even though people like Lincoln and Lord Byron certainly weren't very happy)...

There does seem to be a sense of entitlement regarding happiness and good fortune, when there probably shouldn't be.

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