Jessica Pan Quotes

Note to future selves: Never buy anything. You will just have to pack it in a suitcase one day and be at the mercy of airline attendants and their draconian weight regulations.

Sometimes when I have been low, very low, I have emerged from the slump by forcing myself to go on an escapade with an outgoing friend who really listens and cares. I know that sounds too simple, but I promise it gives you perspective - more perspective than watching TV alone.

And you have to remind yourself that new opportunities exist, and will always exist.

I saw my life if I stayed at the PR firm, and the dread and fear of that life.

At least you didn't waste years on him. It's better to know the truth about someone sooner, rather than later.

A man in his thirties raises his hand. "But people don't always want to share their personal feelings and life, right? Some people might hate that." Mark turns to him. He tells him, sure, maybe, but the fear of being intrusive is hugely exaggerated. The more important point is this: what we should actually fear is being boring and dying having never connected with anyone. Then he stares at all of us, meaningfully, and says it again, slowly. "The fear and bleak reality of being boring and dying having never connected with anyone is vastly underestimated.

At twenty, everything here felt new and exciting. Every adventure felt like a life-changing experience. And now, at twenty-four, it feels slightly muted. Has it changed because of life experience? Is this what getting older is?

I just made the mistake of thinking that our connection was special, when in fact, everyone feels connected to Maxwell.

I want to tell [him] everything - everything that has ever happened to me, every observation I have ever had, and I want to share every book, song, or movie I have ever loved

I'm in search of something more than a new place, though. I'm in search of a feeling and a state of being: that magical time when you can't possibly predict what's going to happen next or whom you are going to meet or where they are going to take you. In this state, everything flows, every surprise is a delight, and new people guide you to special adventures.

I can't live here forever, but it doesn't feel right to go somewhere else without a purpose. I'm ready for a new adventure. I still feel too young to stop exploring.

There's a simplicity and a sense of adventure to being alone, and I sometimes envy you for having it, as you explore Paris. Even when you're getting your heart broken, you can still wake up and not know what's going to happen next.

In my ind, there exists a clear divide between before I met him and after and I don't know how to go back to the before.

It's not that we want others to fail, but we need to know that our own sorrows have echoes in others people's lives. That's what connects us. Strength may be impressive, but it's vulnerability that builds friendships.

Loneliness, on the other hand, has no age bracket. I used to think that exciting countries could keep you happy and warm on novelty alone. Now I know: you can move to Paris, delight in the city, drink your cafe au lait, but no matter how pretty the buildings and balconies are, eventually you're going to find yourself hugging the lamp posts for company like you're in Les Miserables.

We've both moved our lives across the world and when it comes to what we are looking for, I think we're getting warmer.

I'm still trying to figure out what my life here is going to look like.

I don't know how many more times I can uproot my life. I'm beginning to think that all of the energy we've taken relocating to new places should be put toward creating a life that's sustainable.

I don't want to stay here so long that I can't see the good parts anymore. Your adventures in Paris just made me realize how my experience in Beijing is already heavy with memories, not all of them nice.

I have to make a fool of myself daily to get anything done, including buying food and toiletries. Because of this, I'm losing my self-conscious shell, and it's so freeing.

I watched my first penalty shoot-out during the World Cup 2014 (Brazil vs. Chile): men cried, I cried, Neymar cried. I was done for. I loved it.

There's a simplicity and sense of adventure to being alone.

I am also trying to apply for real jobs, and the advice everyone always gives is to network. Network! Network! Not sure what this means, because apparently my version of networking comes off as flirting.

I've fallen into so many flings because I've always felt that I must explore! I must have adventures! I only live once! But there were a lot of mistakes in that waiting room. Only a handful loved me, but those were the ones I never loved back.

I don't know exactly what drove me to stray, but I think there's a certain sadness to finally getting what you want.

I had that very strange sensation of not recognizing my own life.