“I became quite discouraged at moments, I must admit. What's the point of telling the truth if nobody wants to hear it?”
― Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
― Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
“...relationships are challenging and boring and annoying, and that’s unavoidable. You have to work through it, you can’t just opt out of the whole thing”
― Good Material
― Good Material
“No expectations. No preferences. If you prefer one outcome over another in life, you will likely be disappointed. I prefer nothing and am always surprised.”
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
― Cleopatra and Frankenstein
“I don't want to be afraid," I tell him.
The sheep nuzzles his face against my leg. Despite being a cartoon, he feels like suede.
"Not wanting to be afraid always makes me more afraid," he says. "The trick, I think, is not to not want it.”
― Death Valley
The sheep nuzzles his face against my leg. Despite being a cartoon, he feels like suede.
"Not wanting to be afraid always makes me more afraid," he says. "The trick, I think, is not to not want it.”
― Death Valley
“You'll be interested to know that the rewriting of history is still being attempted, especially in the United States.
I'm not surprised. The way they tried to paper over slavery, and then the Jim Crow laws... you can't have those kinds of inequities in a democracy. If indeed that country is one, or ever was.”
― Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
I'm not surprised. The way they tried to paper over slavery, and then the Jim Crow laws... you can't have those kinds of inequities in a democracy. If indeed that country is one, or ever was.”
― Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
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