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Abdul
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""I would like to strike a style to amaze." And I am stricken.
(Stricken is disyllabic. (Disyllabic is tetrasyllabic. (Tetrasyllabic is pentasyllabic. (Pentasyllabic is mercifully pentasyllabic, which makes it autological. (Autological is pentasyllabic.)))))
I reached for this book on a bid for sanity, not knowing the games of tension it plays. But I am happy on this tightrope, and laughing from the dizziness." — Jul 23, 2019 06:37AM
""I would like to strike a style to amaze." And I am stricken.
(Stricken is disyllabic. (Disyllabic is tetrasyllabic. (Tetrasyllabic is pentasyllabic. (Pentasyllabic is mercifully pentasyllabic, which makes it autological. (Autological is pentasyllabic.)))))
I reached for this book on a bid for sanity, not knowing the games of tension it plays. But I am happy on this tightrope, and laughing from the dizziness." — Jul 23, 2019 06:37AM
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"What about a bracket tournament, mapped by the table of contents, to determine which of her stories I like most?
First up, The Triumph versus Obsession." — Nov 13, 2020 01:45AM
"What about a bracket tournament, mapped by the table of contents, to determine which of her stories I like most?
First up, The Triumph versus Obsession." — Nov 13, 2020 01:45AM
“Wanna make a monster? Take the parts of yourself that make you uncomfortable — your weaknesses, bad thoughts, vanities, and hungers — and pretend they’re across the room. It’s too ugly to be human. It’s too ugly to be you. Children are afraid of the dark because they have nothing real to work with. Adults are afraid of themselves.”
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“When I am with you, we stay up all night.
When you're not here, I can't go to sleep.
Praise God for those two insomnias!
And the difference between them.”
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When you're not here, I can't go to sleep.
Praise God for those two insomnias!
And the difference between them.”
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“You won't further the cause of human rights by walking away with your morals intact. Change is about getting your hand dirty.”
― The Year of Ice
― The Year of Ice
“Why am I seeking? I am the same as he. His essence speaks through me. I have been looking for myself”
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“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.”
― The Fire Next Time
― The Fire Next Time
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