May 2012
“In the long run there results something for which it is worth the trouble of...”
– Nietzsche (via girlmeetsdream)
April 2012
Captain Haddock: I thought you were an optimist.
Tintin: You were wrong, weren't you? I'm a realist.
Captain Haddock: Ah, it's just another name for a quitter.
Tintin: You can call me what you like. Don't you get it? We failed.
Captain Haddock: Failed. There are plenty of others willing to call you a failure. A fool. A loser. A hopeless souse. Don't you ever say it of yourself. You send out the wrong signal, that is what people pick up. Don't you understand? You care about something, you fight for it. You hit a wall, you push through it. There's something you need to know about failure, Tintin. You can never let it defeat you.
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
March 2012
“I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s...”
– J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (via bookmania)
“My imaginary world has always been the only true world for me.”
– Fernando Pessoa; The Book of Disquiet (via eightysevens)
