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“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.”
― Letters to a Young Poet
― Letters to a Young Poet
“I try all things, I achieve what I can.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“He loved her because it was his nature to do so, but there were times when he could not endure her love for him. There were times when it became nothing but pure idiot mystery...”
― Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
― Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
― Hamlet
― Hamlet
“For beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror
which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so,
because it serenely disdains to destroy us.
Every angel is terrible.”
― Duino Elegies
which we are barely able to endure, and it amazes us so,
because it serenely disdains to destroy us.
Every angel is terrible.”
― Duino Elegies
One Book Per Week: 2013
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Daily reading, whether a newspaper, essay, or novel, provides intellectual sustenance and strengthens our critical thinking, debate, and reasoning ski ...more
When I grow up I want to be a WRITER!
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— last activity Aug 08, 2009 10:31PM
When you were little did you want to be a novelist? Forget the whole idea of wanting to become a teacher, a doctor, an actress.....you could care less ...more
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For readers using the Amazon Kindle ebook device.
Short Story lovers
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For people who especially love short stories, and don't care who knows it! ...more
Dark Fiction
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Because we think that a great piece of dark fiction will blow your mind, we are a group for people who enjoy all forms of dark fiction. Lots of discus ...more
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