Magical Quotes #32: Love Is More Than…
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward togethr in the same direction.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward togethr in the same direction.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery
20 minutes before the all-important bell rang for recess, our teacher ended the lesson. Not every one of us had reasons to smile or be happy. But I had. I had every reason to smile and be happy. In fact, I was so looking forward to the next 20 minutes.
Don’t get me wrong. I bore no grudges over the teacher, didn’t hate the topic he/she was teaching. My elation was because the next 20 minutes proved to be more enticing than the previous 40 minutes.
It was reading time! Yay!
I fell in love with it at first sight. I knew this love has been with me all along, never for once diminished or gone.
Not even living in the city most of the time can take away this deep love, and what a sweet surprise it was that it is now close to me.
I have another love relationship now, besides my marriage.
From my balcony at home, I can see the lush greenery facing me. I love it whenever it rains, because the air will be exceptionally cooling and I can smell a dewy scent coming from those trees that is always refreshing and invigorating.
Yeah, I can only say I kinda like them, since I only know them so much from whatever information that has been made public about them. I don’t know them by person, so I cannot make that bold declaration that I like them.
One thing’s for sure - I like them enough to be attracted to read their news, or to support their works. And I admire them too!
So here’s my list. Ready?


Using both his hands, he grasped her hands tightly and held it close to his heart. Then with the most sincere, genuine and loving tone, he told her that sometimes what one sees or hears may not be the truth. It is what one feels that speaks volumes.
That was a moving line, I thought. It came from a drama that I just finished watching recently.
How did that line come about? His mother had objected to his relationship with this girl whom he loves very deeply. However due to economical concerns, his mother insisted that he should date and marry another girl who comes from an extremely wealthy family. Therefore, she set her son up and let this girl see something that she shouldn’t.
Everybody was kung-fu fighting (HOOH! HAAH!)
Those cats were fast as lightning (HOOH! HAAH!)
In fact it was a little bit frightning (HOOH! HAAH!)
But they fought with expert timing (HOOH! HAAH!)
Wo oh oh oh…..
Yeah, this was the song that was in the background for the Kung Fu Panda trailer. It instantly put me in the feet-tapping, head-nodding mode as I laughed and huffed, with popcorn in my mouth. That was a month ago I guess.
One month later, I was in the cinema, again with popcorn in my mouth, watching the fat panda getting into real action - kung fu.