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"3 stories in; not yet in love. This most recent one, "The Black God's Kiss" by C.L. Moore is, frankly, terrible. Overwrought, trying for horror and failing-- until the abrupt Stockholmian twist ending, which did give me legitimate shudders. (No apologies for spoilerage-- if you haven't read this story yet, count yourself lucky and don't waste your time.)" — Jun 03, 2019 05:50AM
"3 stories in; not yet in love. This most recent one, "The Black God's Kiss" by C.L. Moore is, frankly, terrible. Overwrought, trying for horror and failing-- until the abrupt Stockholmian twist ending, which did give me legitimate shudders. (No apologies for spoilerage-- if you haven't read this story yet, count yourself lucky and don't waste your time.)" — Jun 03, 2019 05:50AM
“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
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And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
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“In the republic of poetry,
the guard at the airport
will not allow you to leave the country
until you declaim a poem for her
and she says Ah! Beautiful.”
― The Republic of Poetry
the guard at the airport
will not allow you to leave the country
until you declaim a poem for her
and she says Ah! Beautiful.”
― The Republic of Poetry
“annie died the other day
never was there such a lay--
whom,among her dollies,dad
first("don't tell your mother")had”
― E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962
never was there such a lay--
whom,among her dollies,dad
first("don't tell your mother")had”
― E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems 1904-1962
“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.”
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“I successfully chloroformed a hedgehog that was entangled in the tennis net and so managed to release it.”
― Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
― Agatha Christie: An Autobiography
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