Stories tagged “quotes”
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Love More Than Hate
I remember writing, or trying to write, on this day three hundred and sixty-five days ago. I was crying. Maybe it was the exhaustion from staying up all night with my friends taking in the new year. Maybe it was the utter fear of what was to come. But ...
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June 22, 2010
“Talk once more, and I will sue you for ear abuse. Shame on you. Shame! Auraphile.” Whenever we got into situations like this one, X and I always found it best to let Marcus be himself while we sat in the background like backup dancers on w...
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MW Quotes #1
The healthy human mind doesn’t wake up in the morning thinking this is it’s last day on Earth. But I think that’s a luxury, not a curse. To know you’re close to the end is a kind of freedom. Good time to take… inventory. O...
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Mw Quotes #2
This is for the record. History is written by the victor. History is filled with liars. If he lives and we die, his truth becomes written-and ours is lost. Shepherd will be a hero. ‘Cause all you need to change the world is one good lie and a riv...
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Serendipitous? Time Will Tell
Sometimes it takes an outside source, or the serendipitous accumulation of several outside sources to receive a message that is meant only for you. It can be part of a movie, a song, or a written phrase. It might even be something that you’ve see...
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Tomorrow, and tomorrow, but not now
None of the half dozen bridge crew dared respond, each looking intently at their work station consoles. Bleeps and bips echoed in the still. Indicator lights flicked on and off in broken cadence. Time and space crept by. “We should be at the rend...
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New Leases (Superhero Black Hole, Pt. 65)
In apartment 2B there lived a young man pursuing some sort of law degree; he financed this pursuit by pushing amphetamines and new identities. Having won the lottery the week before the big jackpot (in the grand scheme of things, a couple million would...
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Dramatic As She Is
The two children, a boy and a girl in the throes of adolescence, sat on the green grass and let their bare toes dangle into the gurgling creek. She smiled, “My sickness grows upon me.” “Janey,” he sighed, “Can we not talk ...