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James Wilson
Goodreads Author
Born
Long Beach, The United States
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Genre
Influences
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Member Since
May 2012
Some Very Bad Advice
Of old there was a saying said,
To sooth dark failure’s pain,
If at first you don’t succeed,
You should try and try again.
Full many a failure now lies behind,
Beneath oblivion’s cloak,
Whoever said that stupid saw,
I hope upon it choked.
And so I add a word or two,
To help those burdened souls,
Reminding them that failure stinks,
And upon their heads heap coals.
So if at first you don’t succeed,
Go get a shar Read more of this blog post »
To sooth dark failure’s pain,
If at first you don’t succeed,
You should try and try again.
Full many a failure now lies behind,
Beneath oblivion’s cloak,
Whoever said that stupid saw,
I hope upon it choked.
And so I add a word or two,
To help those burdened souls,
Reminding them that failure stinks,
And upon their heads heap coals.
So if at first you don’t succeed,
Go get a shar Read more of this blog post »
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“Now stop that, you two," said Brytta, "how can you talk about the stupid war when something so much more important is going on? Congratulations on your betrothal, Rhen. She's a lovely, accomplished lady."
Rhenand's eyebrows shot up and his mouth dropped open.
"Whoops," said Edmond, "it appears he hasn't been informed yet."
"Oh no," said Brytta.
"Oh my," said Rivanon as Osbert and Edmond burst into laughter.
Rhenand's mouth worked soundlessly and he blinked several times.
"Breathe, Rhen," said Edmond, "just like when you're in battle. Slowly, in and out. Come on, just as I taught you a few centuries ago.”
―
Rhenand's eyebrows shot up and his mouth dropped open.
"Whoops," said Edmond, "it appears he hasn't been informed yet."
"Oh no," said Brytta.
"Oh my," said Rivanon as Osbert and Edmond burst into laughter.
Rhenand's mouth worked soundlessly and he blinked several times.
"Breathe, Rhen," said Edmond, "just like when you're in battle. Slowly, in and out. Come on, just as I taught you a few centuries ago.”
―
“Every faculty in one man is the measure by which he judges of the like faculty in another. I judge of your sight by my sight, of your ear by my ear, of your reason by my reason, of your resentment by my resentment, of your love by my love. I neither have, nor can have, any other way of judging about them.”
― The Theory of Moral Sentiments
― The Theory of Moral Sentiments
“Now stop that, you two," said Brytta, "how can you talk about the stupid war when something so much more important is going on? Congratulations on your betrothal, Rhen. She's a lovely, accomplished lady."
Rhenand's eyebrows shot up and his mouth dropped open.
"Whoops," said Edmond, "it appears he hasn't been informed yet."
"Oh no," said Brytta.
"Oh my," said Rivanon as Osbert and Edmond burst into laughter.
Rhenand's mouth worked soundlessly and he blinked several times.
"Breathe, Rhen," said Edmond, "just like when you're in battle. Slowly, in and out. Come on, just as I taught you a few centuries ago.”
―
Rhenand's eyebrows shot up and his mouth dropped open.
"Whoops," said Edmond, "it appears he hasn't been informed yet."
"Oh no," said Brytta.
"Oh my," said Rivanon as Osbert and Edmond burst into laughter.
Rhenand's mouth worked soundlessly and he blinked several times.
"Breathe, Rhen," said Edmond, "just like when you're in battle. Slowly, in and out. Come on, just as I taught you a few centuries ago.”
―
