"The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs us, leaving on the canvas a less dark, less sharp version of the truth."
- Dean Koontz
“Words are the only bullets in Truth’s bandolier. And Poets are the Snipers.”
– Dan Simmons, Hyperion
"The greatest strength is gentleness."
- Iroquois Proverb
“And above it all the butterfly affect. The sure knowledge that the entire life of a human being is like a single day in that human's life: unplannable, unpredictable, governed by the hidden tides of chaotic factors and buffered by butterfly wings...”
- Dan Simmons, The Hollow Man
"Every expression of closeness has potential bite. Every smile reveals the teeth."
- Dean Koontz
"Better to light a candle than curse the darkness."
- Chinese Proverb
“The past is dead and buried. But I know now that buried things have a way of rising to the surface when one least expects them to.”
- Dan Simmons, Prayers to Broken Stones
"After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one."
- Cato the Elder (234-149 BC)
"Well hey, these things just snap right off!"
- Gary Larson
“In the beginning was the Word. Then came the fucking word processor. Then came the thought processor. Then came the death of literature. And so it goes.”
- Dan Simmons, Hyperion
"There's nothing to writing, really...all you do is sit down at the typewriter and bleed."
- Ernest Hemingway
“It occurs to me that our survival may depend upon our talking to one another.”
- Dan Simmons, Hyperion
"Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children."
- Sam Levenson
"Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage."
- Hosea Ballou
"Sweater: n;
A garment worn by a child when its mother is chilly."
- Ambrose Pierce
"Stupidity has a price, and it always get's paid."
- Dan Simmons, (The Fall of Hyperion)
fantastic J, as you know me loves to rhyme, this was just wow, so many incredible interpretations I think could be had from your words…loved it…on a side note, again you two, J and S, you crack me up and I love reading your banter. Take care love, xx Paris
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You’re awesome sweetie. Thank you so much. ♥
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Hauntingly beautiful in a disturbing way that shines the light on war. I shared it 😉
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Reblogged this on poemfairy.
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That’s hard hitting. Great post.
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Thank you, Kind Sir. ♥
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Welcome 🙂
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Reblogged this on Mocking Bird Down and commented:
Amazing poem, by amazing woman.
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Wow…
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Good wow, bad wow????
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I don’t know. Was your ‘dammit’ on my post a good or a bad one?? 😛
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A good one…
A “shaking my head” good one…
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My wow, was a good one. An admiring ‘time stands still’ type of wow. I really liked the poem. Its raw and vivid and… in time to your heart, I imagine. xx
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Ahhh. Okay then…
I’ll give your “wow” a pass…this time 😉
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We are in the same mood, I see. You need winding?
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I need a lot more than a winding, Babe…
(Rolls eyes)
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Well, as and when you feel like a holiday in a third world country, I have space, and a cat that is proof of reincarnation (he must have been a wealthy gay man in a previous life). I have cards, I have scrabble, I have what resembles home cooking and I have jazz. I cant guarantee you will leave in the same state you arrived in. But you will smile. Oh… and with a bit of plotting I have the ocean… with some seriously cool surfing waves. 🙂
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♡♥♡♥
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#wind up.
❤
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