Sunday, October 24, 2010

Lost in Translation



1. Beginnings, middles and ends: all equally elusive. You never know which part you're in until it's too late.

2. Je ne sais quoi is either something you have or something you don't. It is not something you can hope to gain or achieve.

3. Sometimes communicating with the same person in more than one language is the most efficient way to do so.

4. There's no such thing as what you "should" do, only what you "want" and "can” do.

5. Seldom is orchestrating a plan to get a girl on the same bus to another city easier than talking her into a cup of coffee.

6. It is a scary thing to relate to every page of a book you are reading.

7. Knowing that you have the ability to exert your willpower is one of the greatest feelings one can experience.

8. A bittersweet beginning, middle or end is not a terrible thing; so long as there's more sweet than bitter.

5 comments:

  1. haha to number 5.

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  2. Love the quote "If you want to be free be free!"

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  3. where did you hear "je ne sais quoi"? it depends on the context but it usually means "I don't know what" and it's not about possessions...

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  4. Etymology

    From French je ne sais quoi, literally ‘I don't know what’.

    Pronunciation
    IPA: /ˌʒə nə sɛ ˈkwɑː/

    Noun

    je ne sais quoi (uncountable)

    1. An intangible quality that makes something distinctive or attractive.
    2. A certain something

    e.g. She has a certain je ne sais quoi about her.

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