"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)
Your posts are so refreshing. I seem to feel similar to what you sometimes write about. I could never put into words the feelings quite as magically as you do. It’s so nice to know I’m not alone in my scared messed up world. Hope you dream better tonight x
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Thank you; and likewise Xx
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Lucky you…I remember my nightmares very much clearly and it drives me nuts. ^^;
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Wishing you more peaceful dreams and safety from any harm xxx
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Jesus, AI. You need a panic room, a bunker . . .
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Aye. You’re right. I do.
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Thoughts are with you during this difficult time. Wishing you peace and comfort! 🙂
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Thank you Jarrod. You’re a sweetie. X
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No problem. That’s what friends are for.
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I hate dreams. Good and bad. Can’t have the good and the bad feels real. Best part of waking up from a dream…chill to a smoke and strong black coffee
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Never will you be alone x
Stay strong
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Thank you. And likewise.
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No you’re not. Lots goes on in our heads and it’s mad and frustrating but I can assure you that you aren’t alone 🙂
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Thank you for that. Xx
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Welcome 🙂
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