“Every age brought its specific terror. As a boy, Felix had lain awake, afraid the house would burn down. As a youth, he’d dreaded bullies. Later, it was conscription into the army. Or the fear of not learning a trade. Or never finding a wife. After school, his career. After his son was born, he feared everything. His secret dream was to face down such a horror that it would leave him inoculated. He’d never suffer fear of anything, ever again. These”
― Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread
― Make Something Up: Stories You Can't Unread
“Sex is for pleasure, a complete and worthwhile goal in and of itself. People have sex because it feels very good, and then they feel good about themselves. The worthiness of pleasure is one of the core values of ethical sluthood.”
― The Ethical Slut : A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures
― The Ethical Slut : A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships & Other Adventures
“I wear my sunglasses. Keeps you on one side and me on the other.”
― Black Coffee Blues
― Black Coffee Blues
“I live in my head. It’s the only place I can go where everybody knows me.”
― Black Coffee Blues
― Black Coffee Blues
“In the old free days all I wanted was a sharp sword and a straight path to my enemies. Now no paths are straight and my sword is useless.”
― Conan: The Barbarian complete collection
― Conan: The Barbarian complete collection
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