what'd you say?

I like to collect quotes.
The well-known ones from famous people are great, but I'm more interested in collecting the interesting things that I hear in my every day life... the unexpected "gems" from the people I meet or pass by... the things that seem to stand out as somehow perfect and profound. Hearing a snipit of a conversation between strangers as they walk by can conjure up the greatest images and ideas. If you’re paying attention you can hear the answer to a question, the solution to a problem, or just a combination of words that seems to perfectly fit your state of mind. These are the things I collect. I collect them because they are the serendipitous sentiments that if spoken at any other moment would go unnoticed.

Looking back on them I realize that I don't ALWAYS remember exactly what context each blurb is taken from, but my collection tends to serve as a kind of diary or word album... (word album???) a sort of documentation of me, which is kind of funny considering that for the most part these are not things I've said, nor do they always pertain to me. I kept them because they were relevant… to me.
It’s the best kind of diary if you think about it… anyone could read it and it wouldn’t be a complete invasion.

yesterday I added a few more to my collection. I think the most interesting was:
"I'll be your monkey if you'll be my koala"
image conjuror, for sure.
It also perfectly exemplifies that Benny and Joon thing. (that "Benny and Joon thing" refers to a previous post).
Who KNOWS what that statement means, but I'm sure it made perfect sense to the person who said it.
I love that. Leaving so much to the imagination...