I’ve been spending the last 8 months thinking all love ever does
Is break and burn and end
But on a Wednesday in a cafe I watched it begin again

Taylor Swift – Begin Again

Why hadn’t I realized how much of what I thought of as love was simply my own highly developed gift for making lemonade? What failure of imagination had caused me to forget that life was full of other possibilities, including the possibility that eventually I would fall in love again?

the late Nora Ephron

Why hadn’t I realized how much of what I thought of as love was simply my own highly developed gift for making lemonade? What failure of imagination had caused me to forget that life was full of other possibilities, including the possibility that eventually I would fall in love again?

the late Nora Ephron

the early spring sun has already done its damage–its evident–as evident as the sweatbeads  appear across his furrowed eyebrows.

It isn’t his first time here–and judging by the resignation with which he pulled open the glass door–it probably won’t be the last either.

(sketch: a creative technician’s complaints about the lack of followthrough on a proposal/project)

Some words to ponder.

‘…beauty will dance with

anyone who is brave enough

to ask her.’

-the book of qualities by j.ruth gendler

TWO PEOPLE, four religions, and a love story that tugs at you even over email. And then the final blow to every scornful guard upheld against tales of romance: the wedding pictures. Priya Desai and Tariq Alwari danced their way through the wedding day they recall was everything they imagined, surrounded by those eager to raise a toast to this resilient couple.

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Source: Tehelka Magazine online