“She said she said”, The Beatles (notable quotables collection)

The best quotes I’ve compiled throughout the past few months. Long, but worth the read. In some cases (which are duly noted) they come from status updates of Facebook friends (if I remembered who they came from : ). Plus some comments

I'm selfish, impatient & a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control & at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.
- Marilyn Monroe (DAMN STRAIGHT, SISTER)

I have always had a repulsive need to be something more than human
- David Bowie (so have I, bb) via Ana L

I don't take drugs, I am the drug
- Salvador Dali via Luisa F

We accept reality so readily, perhaps because we sense that nothing is real.
- “The Immortal”, Jorge Luis Borges via Olivia R

You give a little love & it all comes back to you. You know you gonna be remembered for the things you say & do
- Bugsy Malone via Eduardo B

The unreal is more powerful than the real, because nothing is as perfect as you can imagine it. Because it’s only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies, that last. Stone crumbles. Wood roots. People, well, they die, but things as fragile as a thought, a dream, a legend, they can go on & on forever.
- Chuck Palahniuk via Daniela G (I think)

Lots of people want to ride in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
- Oprah via Pierce R

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love
- Mother Teresa via Jaime K (not sure I agree, but it does sound pretty)

The biggest disease today is not leprosy or tuberculosis but rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for & deserted by everybody
- Mother Teresa via Jaime K

The more sensitive you are, the more certain you are to be brutalized, develop scabs, never evolve. Never allow yourself to feel anything, because you always feel too much
- Marlon Brando, probably via the Manic Street Preachers

Then came human beings. They wanted to cling but there was nothing to cling to
- Camus via the Manic Street Preachers

Life begins on the other side of despair.
- Sartre via the Manic Street Preachers

Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything it is because we are dangerously near wanting nothing
- Sylvia Plath via Esther VV (I think)

* When people agree with me, I always get the feeling I must be wrong.
** What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything & the value of nothing
*** The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius."
- Oscar Wilde via Steven DB

Consideramos falsa cualquier verdad no acompañada por al menos una carcajada
- via Lucas PL

Your body's dying. Pay no attention, it happens to us all.
- Anne Rice’s Lestat de Lioncourt, probably via Fernando M

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud
- Coco Chanel, probably via Julia Frakes

Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses
- Dorothy Parker via Julia Frakes (I love boys with glasses, though. I think glasses are HOT. Especially thick black nerdy ones à la Rivers Cuomo. So if I were a man, I would TOTALLY make passes @ girls with glasses. I just think it’s a really clever phrase)

Any kind of pain is probably her hobby
- Frank Zappa via Tini D

Would it have been worth while
If one, setting a pillow or throwing off a shawl,
& turning toward the window, should say:
"That is not it at all,
That is not what I meant at all”
- The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock via Kelley W

There is a man playing a violin & the strings are the nerves in his own arm
- "The Crow", James O'Barr via Kelley W

Did you know that dolphins are just gay sharks?
- Britney (“Glee”) via Nacho C

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I used to think that everyone was just being funny/ironic but now I don't know. I mean, how can you tell?
- Andy Warhol (I have a similar problem on a day-to-day basis, but usually the other way around)

It’s better to have a problem than to be a problem
- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (nice one, Guruji)

I never think of the future, it comes soon enough
- Albert Einstein (same here)

You are what you love and not what loves you back.
- Jenny Lewis (dunno if it’s right, but I like the point of view)

Adults are, like, this mess of sadness & phobias
- Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (movie is pretty overrated if u ask me, but I agree w/ this quote, which is why I don’t wanna be one)

Yes! I am a drama queen
- Richey Edwards (me 2)

David [Bowie] is an extraordinarily nice man. He’s very gentle & he has a tremendous ability to put people at ease. David & I don’t talk about life as major rock stars. We like to talk about books & flowers a lot.
- Morrissey (sensitive guys FTW)

There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness
- Nietzche (how romantic)

My life is an open book, but don't expect me to read it to you
- David Hyde Pierce

A crazy person is one who dreams while awake
- Immanuel Kant

How would I like to be remembered? As a person who came & brought light to the world, Some escapism. Also as the voice for the voiceless children, because I love them. I’m living for the children. If it weren’t for the kids, I would throw in the towel. A baby, a child - now that’s amazing. They’re little geniuses, you know, little geniuses. They really are.
- Michael Jackson (kids > adults)

Christmases can only been tolerated with the involvement of children who still believe in it & its magic
- Arsenio Sereno, accidental poet, via Galera Intelectual y Frívola magazine

Life is a farce in which all must perform
- Arthur Rimbaud (I think it depends what kind of ppl you’re hanging around)

All desires are for happiness. That is the goal of desire, isn't it? How often does your desire lead you to the goal? But have you thought about the nature of desire? It simply means tomorrow, and not now, isn't it? Joy is never tomorrow. It is always now.
- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

[Regarding the need to make lists] A good way to defeat death, to feel less defenceless. Or to organize chaos & digression.
- Umberto Eco

Don't fight darkness. Bring the light, & darkness will disappear
- Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

This is how I would love to be: an ethical monster without empathy, doing what is to be done in a weird coincidence of blind spontaneity & reflexive distance, helping others while avoiding their disgusting proximity
- Slavoj Zizek (sounds like a description of DR GREGORY HOUSE, no?)

There aren’t things one doesn’t/can’t joke about, there are just people who don’t understand jokes
- Boris Vian who reminds me infinitely of Eugenia C bc she was always talking about him

Much of what we called ‘depression’ was really dissatisfaction, a result of setting a bar impossibly high or expecting treasures that we weren’t willing to work for.
- Mitch Albom (that’s one way to look @ it)

Hello, I'm Conan O'Brien, and I'm just three days away from the biggest drinking binge in history
- “The Tonight Show”, Conan

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
- Marcus Aurelius

The devil will find work for idle hands to do
- “What difference does it make”, The Smiths (trufax)

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-Why do you make Facebook friends with everybody you've met in person?
-Dan G: Because I collect them, like Pokemons

"I have no idea what I'm doing," returns 14,800,000 results on Google. Thank God I'm not the only one.
- Ellie R

I’m experiencing deja-vu &amnesia at the same time -- I think I’ve forgotten this before
- Jennzah M

In 2010, may god give you twice as much as you wish for me
- Ezequiel M

This ranks astoundingly high on the "oh no!" list.
- Julia Frakes

“I may not show up”, he said to himself
- Luke P

Source unknown

A founding text of 20th-century pop culture is Peter Pan, premiered in 1904. At the start of a century obsessed with adolescence, J.M.Barrie wrote a play about a boy who never grew up. From the beginning, the boy was played by a young woman; this tradition continues to the present day. As Gerber states, Peter Pan is played by a woman, because "a woman will never grow up to be a man".

I wish money would have sex in my pocket and multiply
- ? via Esther V V

[insert username] wants to be a singer in a rock band, live a life of fame and excess, & die a legend.

Life is 50% learning to get what you like, & 50% learning to like what you got.

No situation is ever hopeless. Because whatever the situation may be, the moment you start to take action, you change it.

Love is not what we want to feel but rather what we feel without wanting to

Meditation is seeing God in yourself, Love is seeing God in the person next to you, Knowledge is seeing God everywhere, Expression of love is service, Expression of joy is a smile, Expression of peace is meditation, Expression of God is conscious action

Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great



She said “I know what it’s like to be dead”
- "She said she said", The Beatles

"I have always had a repulsive need to be something more than human" - David Bowie

Me too! That’s probably why I’ve always been drawn to angels, fairies & other beings with special powers, such as mutants. As a kid I was an X-men fan. In 3rd & 4th grade back in the USA I’d watch the cartoon & collect trading cards, like one of the boys. Believe it or not, I was actually something of a tomboy. As for actual comics, I only had/have about 12. For one xmas my brother got me the very last one, a thick golden issue called LegionQuest (right?) about Xavier's son.

Jubilee was my favorite. One of the main characters on the show, a 13 year old orphan, blue hair, always (when not in uniform) wore a yellow knee-length jacket, pink sunglasses & tall blue boots. She could throw firework like stuff from her hands. Now I suspect she was supposed to be a raver/club kid of sorts. I adored her. I even called my pet rabbit Jubilee. Also had a hamster called Beast, after another character.




Then Kitty Pryde aka Shadowcat. I her in the comic books, not on TV. She was a dancer & could go through walls. Nightcrawler was her good friend. She didn’t seem to be a central character which is why I was happily surprised & excited when I saw her make a brief appearance in the first movie, which I went to see @ the cinema in NY with both my brothers. I haven't seen any of the subsequent films.



Jubilee, Shadowcat & Dazzler = my 3 faves. I wanted to be like either of them. The only place I ever saw Dazzler was in this trading card. When I was 10 we got the internet (ProdigyOnline). It was nothing like now, no InternetExplorer or Mozilla browser or anything like that. But there were screennames. My very first one was Dazzler14 (or 16)…although I was only 10 : P



Back in 2004 it was Quique’s bday @ Potlash. I had this conversation with Paco & Romo about the love between Jean Grey & Gambit (Rémy the dude from New Orleans with the Cajun accent who threw playing cards). Don’t recall what was said but I’m sure it’s written in my diary. I do however remember that the lit end of a cigarette fell onto my jean miniskirt & it took a while for me to notice (I was kinda trashed), burning a neat little hole right through the fabric.

As things about *special* people, a few others I’ve enjoyed/wanted to be like throughout the years

The girl from outer space TV movie about a girl…who was actually…from outer space
The secret world of Alex Mack 90s Nickelodeon show about a kid who develops powers after being involved in an accident with some chemicals
Bewitched old black & white series about Samantha, a cheerful housewife who also happens to be a witch, & her husband Darren
Of Love & Other Demons book by García Marquez about Sierva María de Todos Los Ángeles (Epic Name) who may or may not be possessed by ~SATAN~
Evangelion Japanese anime about the only 3 kids capable of commanding some “robots” necessary to save their post-apocalypse city from extra-terrestrial attacks
Harry Potter books & films about a boy who discovers he’s part of a world of wizardry & magic that exists within ours
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events where the 3 Baudelaire Children have special abilities

“Cartoon music for superheroes”, Albert Hammond Jr
“Cartoon heroes”, Aqua
“That’s really super, supergirl”, XTC
“Waitin for a superman”, Flaming Lips
“Heroes”, David Bowie
“There goes my hero”, Foo Fighters
“God! Show me magic”, Super Furry Animals
“Your magic is working”, Of Montreal
“Subterranean homesick alien”, Radiohead
“Yes, I’m a witch”, Yoko Ono
“Circles round the moon”, Geri Halliwell
“As If By Magic”, La Roux
“I put a spell on you”, Screamin' Jay Hawkins (I like the version by Bryan Ferry)
“There was magic & then”, Gentle waves
“Starchild”, Jamiroquai

Bands: Os Mutantes, 4hero, Magic Dirt

Andy Warhol: $$$, success, fame, glamour

So I went 2 the Andy Warhol exhibition, “Mr. America”. OMG, I completely loved & found everything absolutely brilliant, fascinating, etc. I was familiar w/ the basics regarding him & his work, even studied it a bit @ Uni although I probably had forgotten, as I forgot most of what I’ve studied. But now I just wanna know more about this man of Epic Genius. I mean…he broke tons of age-old paradigms, for instance that artists don’t gain recognition until after they die. He was open about wanting $$$, success & fame. He set out to produce more works of art in a year than Picasso (was it Picasso?) had produced in a lifetime. He made over 500 films, managed a rock band, threw the best parties, was surrounded by the most beautiful ppl. Can you get any cooler?!

I recalled a couple of movies I saw several years ago
(1) Basquiat. One of Dana’s favorites. About Jean-Michel Basquiat, an artist pal of Warhol’s, who is played by none other than…DAVID BOWIE! Who has a song about the dude in question. I think Benicio del Toro is in this flick too, & he was skinny!

(2) I Shot Andy Warhol. Based on the true story of feminist Valerie Solanas, played by the same actress who was Lisa in the HBO series Six Feet Under.

Another figure that caught my attention was Edie Sedgwick. UM, GORGEOUS. Now I also wanna learn about her as I know practically nothing. But the Long Blondes mention her in one of their best songs, alongside other lovely ladies of celluloide...

I know all about fear & desire

I know all about lust et cetera

Edie Sedgwick, Anna Karina, Arlene Dahl

- “Lust in the movies”

There’s a movie about her w/ Sienna Miller, no? “Factory girl”. I should see it. I 1st saw Sienna in “Alfie” w/ Jude Law & thought she was the most beautiful girl I’d ever seen. But then I looked 4 photos online & none of them did her any justice. Jude also looks surreal there.

Lastly, Marta Minujin, an Argentine artist who was pals w/ Warhol, I guess. I also know zilch about her except that she’s kinda kooky & cokey, but I like the vibes she gives off & again have become intrigued. Voilà my afternoon @ the museum.



“Andy Warhol”, David Bowie
“Money, success, fame, glamour”, Felix da housecat
“Lust in the movies”, The Long Blondes

Ice cream, I scream

I’ve had ice cream every day for the past week. A LOT. My stomach is delicate & can’t take very much. I don’t think I could ever get sick of this though, I lOoOve. When I was little, I hated vanilla but now it's the opposite - plain chocolate seems kinda zzz. Dunno what my fav flavors are. I'm always indecisive as to what to get. Sometimes I like 2 try the house specialities. Otherwise (in no order, PUH-LEAZE!) mint chocolate chip, mascarpone with berries (tastes like cheesecake), mocha crème, lemon pie, strawberry, pistachio, coconut, orange sherbert, dulce de leche with brownie, cookies n cream…. When I was little we lived near an Italian ice cream place & they had this flavour that was soo good: chocolate mixed with raspberry. Right now I also live near several ice cream places…& I’ve been making them rich this week : P There used to be a super awesome one called Menta e canella, they had gr8 flavors, original flavors. Cali & I went to have a cone there after the Placebo concert in 2005. Also went with Luciana once. But now they’ve replaced it with Almacén de Pizzas, which is also yum, but there are those throughout the city whereas MEC was the only one : ( I also remember going with my brother’s girlfriend to a place called Sedutto in NY that had flavors like green tea & pumpkin pie.

Cali’s fav flavor is Mantecol, which is an argentine candybar that tastes basically like peanut (imo, anyways). Ezequiel’s are vanilla & coconut. Coffee is one of Jazzin’s & my eldest brother’s. Louise likes bitter chocolate, so does my mom. My mom likes to eat that high % chocolate. It takes some getting used to. I think 75% is ok, a little square. But I’ve had higher & they taste like dirt. There is a Fiery Furnaces song that mentions chocolate so bitter it could kill typhus, although I thought they were saying typists instead of typhus until I read the lyrics.

Melik once told me you can judge how good an ice cream place is by their strawberry…or was it their dulce de leche? Once we went to La Flor de Almagro, allegedly the best ice cream place in Bs As. It was good indeed.

Also back in 2005 when springtime came, Persicco released a limited-time flavor called Prima Rosa, it had roses in it. Good. Ate it with Consu once. & when I’d gotten one of my wisdom teeth out. Another ice cream week. By the way Persicco’s still got Rinocerose (“La guitaristic house organization”) on their website when you go to “Sabores”…WIN!

Cold as ice cream, just as sweet
- “Sunday girl”, Blondie

Cherry ice cream smile, I suppose it’s very nice
- “Rio”, Duran Duran

“White pepper ice cream”, Cibo Matto

I saw you in an ice-cream parlor, drinking milkshakes cold & long
- “5 years”, David Bowie

I like milkshakes too. When I was little I went to this orthodontist that would give you a coupon to get a free one @ McDonalds across the street afterwards. Ugh they are sooo yummy, I was so disappointed when I moved here & they didn’t have them. Piacere makes good ones but they’re epically expensive now. Still… ice cream > milkshakes. But not the song “My milkshake” by Kelis. I think it’s tacky.