Sad Theoretical Archive

Sometimes too much to drink is barely enough. – Mark Twain

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little. – Mark Twain

“And no more promises were made so none could be broken.” – Hyde Park on Hudson

You forget all of it anyway. First, you forget everything you learned-the dates of the Hay-Herran Treaty and Pythagorean Theorem. You especially forget everything you didn’t really learn, but just memorized the night before. You forget the names of all but one or two of your teachers, and eventually you’ll forget those, too. You forget [...]

The world will break your heart ten ways to Sunday. That’s guaranteed. – Silver Linings Playbook

“Being a detective is about drawing lines, the lines between us and them, good guys and bad guys, perp and victim. Then there are the lines we draw to protect ourselves, rules, protocol. It’s about not crossing those lines, because when you do bad things can happen.” – Beauty and the Beast

“I feel like men are more romantic than women. When we get married we marry, like, one girl, because we’re resistant the whole way until we meet one girl and we think ‘I’d be an idiot if I didn’t marry this girl, she’s so great.’ But it seems like girls get to a place where [...]

“One day you’re there and there’s less of you and you wonder where that part went. If it’s living somewhere outside of you and you keep thinking maybe you’ll get it back and then you realize it’s just gone.” – Mad Men

“Some secrets need to be kept.  Some stories should never be told.  Some reasons shouldn’t be understood.  They just might turn your blood cold.” –  Hilary Duff, “dangerous to know”

“Experiences like this, however painful, are necessary and inevitable; without them, how can we know life?” – A Dangerous Method