Day 17 – Favorite quote from your favorite book

“What you have to decide is how you want your life to be. If your forever was ending tomorrow, would this be the way you’d want to have spent it?”

—Sarah Dessen (The Truth About Forever)

Actually, this is not my most favorite book, but it is definitely part of the list of books I really love. And this quote is just so meaningful to me and it stuck to me like glue the very first time I read the book. I don’t want to expound anymore as to why it’s very significant to me. Just read these two lines, and contemplate for a moment of your own answer to the question. Maybe that will be a good enough explanation for why I chose this quote.

Some say I live a pretentious life, hiding in pages and pages of countless books. They just don’t understand that these alternate worlds are actually the ones keeping me sane and alive.

It is what it is.

No matter how much I question how life goes, or try to unfold its mysteries, I would never get close enough to the answer. I will see reason for some things, but not the whole of it. I will never be able to grasp its whole meaning because if I do, life won’t be satisfying anymore. It would just be a hallow thing, with no use of any sense. Knowing everything will only lead to death since the whole truth would cease the existence of the beauty of the unknown.

In time, you’ll realize that everything you encounter is unavoidable. Good or bad, you don’t have the power to control them. It’s part of living. All you can do is let them unfold and learn from them.

Forever isn’t exactly as good as it sounds.

This is the last movie I watched as of now. I thought it was just like other movies which feature immortal characters but no, it’s different. Tuck Everlasting is about a family who has a secret. They are not vampires, or werewolves or witches who dabbles with black magic. But one thing is sure, they don’t die. It was because of the water from a spring in the middle of the forest. Their secret was safe and intact until Winnie, the only daughter of a wealthy couple who own the woods, wanders in the forest and found Jesse, the youngest son of the Tucks. As cliché as most story goes, the two fell in love. But circumstances weren’t easy as Winnie’s family looked for her and accused the Tucks for kidnapping. Jesse and Winnie were forced to separate as the Tucks escape their death penalty,which could reveal their secret to the whole town.

The story tells us that we could live our lives without fearing that it might end. It will teach us that forever is not really as fun as we think it would be, that major consequences would be faced. It tells us about loss, love and letting go. We can move on and live our life as we want to, free from the control of others. It shows us that death is merely an inescapable part of one’s life. 

Minsan di ko na maintindihan ee.

Alam yung napapaisip ka kung ito ba talaga yung gusto mo sa buhay mo. O di kaya naman eh nahihirapan ka lang talaga ngayon kaya nagdududa ka na sa daang tinahak mo. Kasi ako, hindi ko na alam ano bang dapat gawin ko. Dito ba ako kung saan nahihirapan nga ako, pero gusto ko naman ang ginagawa ko o doon na lang sa mapapadali ang buhay ko pero napipilitan lang ako? Hahaha, nakakatawa. Kala mo namimili lang ng kurso eh noh? Hello, konti na lang magtithird year na ako. Bakit ganito pa yung iniisip ko? Hay ewan. Misan ang gulo gulo lang talaga.