Stephen Schaefer
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Invocation State your intentions, Muse. I know you’re there. Dead bards who pined for you have said You’re bright as flame, but fickle as the air. My pen and I, submerged in liquid shade, Much dark can spread, on days and over reams But
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“That’s why; he’s worried about how his life is turning out, and he’s lonely, and lonely people are the bitterest of them all”
― High Fidelity
― High Fidelity
“She said the mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience. So I quoted the First Law of Mentat at her: ‘A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it.”
― Dune
― Dune
“I don't want anyone writing in to point out that I spend too much money on books, many of which I will never read. I know that already. I certainly intend to read all of them, more or less. My intentions are good. Anyway, it's my money. And I'll bet you do it too.”
― The Polysyllabic Spree
― The Polysyllabic Spree
“This thing about looking for someone less different... It only really worked, he realized, if you were convinced that being you wasn't so bad in the first place.”
― About a Boy
― About a Boy
“Sarcasm and compassion are two of the qualities that make life on Earth tolerable.”
― Songbook
― Songbook
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