"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)
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Hello to the WORLD’S BEST BOSS EVER!!!
I fucking miss you, Thomas…and yes, I know the Niners blow goats this year. 😉
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Well @ least you’re admitting it this year…….lol
I miss my Sexatary all the time. =( I do read lots of your post here some days……=)
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sigh
Its just not the same…:(
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I never go on that other site anymore. I have tried liking some of the posts you put up here but it wouldn’t let me now I can reply thats awesome I just figured how to yesterday…lol. My brother asked me if I wanted to meet up with him in Toronto and go to a basketball game. I told him only if the Lakers were in town because my Sexatary would shoot me if I cheered for any other team…….=)
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Awwww
Well you’ll be glad to know I can admit my Lakers suck this year, as well…
Have your legal obligations been cleared up yet so I can legally carry you across the border?
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No I would need a miracle for that to happen or a pardon maybe Montana. I will still be a Laker fan even if they suck….=)
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And that’s just how we roll. 🙂
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There I can like your posts now I made the hefsite…….lol
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My favorite lines:
I exist in a time made of Paper Mache;
A tableau that depicts alternate ways,
You have nailed this poem right in my vision.
Love it! The strength of this poem really paints great visuals and emotions.
Really, though, I love this poem a lot.
🙂
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Why thank you, Sweetness. Xx
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You are welcome.
Sorry I haven’t been around or reading your writing. Just wanted to let you know that I am here if you need a friend to talk to.
🙂
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You should email me sometime. ..it’s much easier than on here
cutthroatclubhouse@gmail.com
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okay. I will email you right now.
We can chat more. 🙂 If that’s okay with you.
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