On Being a 4 out of 10

My biggest weakness, as a pilot, is that I'm not very good at flying aeroplanes... I mean, I'm good enough, like the sims said, I'm, adequate, adequate to the task. But I don't do it easily. It's not second nature to me. On your scale of 1 to 10, if 1 is the bare minimum of competence, I'm..about a four. And I used to be a 1, no, I used to be a zero. And I took my CPL again, and again, and then I was a 1, then a 2 then a 3 now a 4. And I'm not finished yet, and that's why you should employ me, that's why you'd be lucky to employ me. Because if you're not naturally good at it, if you can't rely on just knowing how to do it like Doug..like some people can, then you have to be a perfectionist actually. And I am one! And that's why even when you've turned me down, I'm gonna to keep on applying, because flying is the perfect job, and I won't settle for a life where I don't get to do it!

~ Martin Crieff - Cabin Pressure by John Finnemore 


Prolly the best quote I've ever heard on a comedy programme. Some people simply know me a bit too well to be able to plant the right resources - I can always draw something out of them in times of need. Thanks again, Partner.

C'est tellement mystérieux, le pays des larmes.

“Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.

Grown-ups love figures. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you, “What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?” Instead, they demand: “How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?” Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him.

If you were to say to the grown-ups: “I saw a beautiful house made of rosy brick, with geraniums in the windows and doves on the roof,” they would not be able to get an idea of that house at all. You have have to say to them: “I saw a house that cost $20,000.” Then they would exclaim: “Oh, what a pretty house that is!” 

Paper

My heart is a paper heart.
Someone unknown dripped tears onto it
and ripped a part of it while I was asleep.
There was no pain and no sound.
But my heart is a paper heart.
On the part that isn't the missing part,
there is a small scribble,
and the scribble spells out "E-M-P-T-I-N-E-S-S".

Voici mon secret. Il est très simple.

Here is my secret. It is very simple: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.

~The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint Exupery

to-be-us

"If you're seeing no value in your life,

...and are prepared to throw it away,

would you mind giving it to me?

I need it for a cause."

"But on your tiny planet, little prince,..

..you had only to move your chair a few steps. You can watch night fall whenever you liked.
“One day,” you said to me, “I watched the sunset forty-three times!”
And a little later you added:
“You know, when one is so sad, one can get to love the sunset.”
“Were you that sad, then, on the day of the forty-three sunsets?”
But the prince made no answer.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery - Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince)