Adrian Tan

“So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you’ll have another 40 years to go. Four decades in which to live…

— Adrian Tan

You will find, that when you have someone to love, that the face is less important than the brain, and the body…

— Adrian Tan

“There’s a common misconception that work is necessary. You will meet people working at miserable jobs. They tell you they are “making…

— Adrian Tan

It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions.

— Adrian Tan

Find that pursuit that will energize you, consume you, become an obsession. Each day, you must rise with a restless enthusiasm. If…

— Adrian Tan

Life is complicated. It wtarts before we're ready, it continues while we're still trying to figure out the point of it. And…

— Adrian Tan

Don't work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone. You're going to have a busy life. Thank goodness there's no life…

— Adrian Tan

Don't expect anything. Erase all life expectancies. Just live.

— Adrian Tan

“You might be looking forward to working, falling in love, marrying, raising a family. You are told that you should expect to…

— Adrian Tan

Loving someone has great benefits. There is admiration, learning, attraction and something which, for the want of a better word, we call…

— Adrian Tan

Do not waste the vast majority of your life doing something you hate so that you can spend the small remainder sliver…

— Adrian Tan

Be hated. One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it’s often the case that one is hated…

— Adrian Tan

It far easier to find a reason not to love someone, than otherwise. Rejection requires only one reason. Love requires complete acceptance.

— Adrian Tan

Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone. You either don’t, or you do with…

— Adrian Tan

“So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you’ll have another 40 years to go. Four decades in which to live…

— Adrian Tan