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Play! Invent the world! Invent reality!


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Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.



And the rest is rust and stardust.

And the rest is rust and stardust.



Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.



Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.



Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.



Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.



The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.



There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.



I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.



Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.





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He would only be here one more night.And then back on deployment, whispered the dark part of my soul. He might never come back. You might be the last woman he ever has.

He would only be here one more night.And then back on deployment, whispered the dark part of my soul. He might never come back. You might be the last woman he ever has.



Summer quiet thoughts on summer quiet noons.

Summer quiet thoughts on summer quiet noons.



Was it too much to expect the rest of the world to care about grammar or pay attention to details?

Was it too much to expect the rest of the world to care about grammar or pay attention to details?



O Woman - Allah has made you the Queen of Piety and Modesty, Don't belittle yourself to be the slave of unlawful admiration and mortal fame & fortune.

O Woman - Allah has made you the Queen of Piety and Modesty, Don't belittle yourself to be the slave of unlawful admiration and mortal fame & fortune.



Junk food drags you down.

Junk food drags you down.



The world has been very careful to pick very few diseases for eradication, because it is very tough.

The world has been very careful to pick very few diseases for eradication, because it is very tough.



Religion is made up of unrestrained wishes.

Religion is made up of unrestrained wishes.



The purpose of faith isn't always to keep us from having trouble. It is often to carry us through trouble. If we never had any trouble, we wouldn't need any faith.

The purpose of faith isn't always to keep us from having trouble. It is often to carry us through trouble. If we never had any trouble, we wouldn't need any faith.



Although religion was around me my whole life I never felt it was forced upon me. It is my centring, my grounding, the soul of me. I feel I'm nothing without it.

Although religion was around me my whole life I never felt it was forced upon me. It is my centring, my grounding, the soul of me. I feel I'm nothing without it.



The book-worm wraps himself up in his web of verbal generalities, and sees only the glimmering shadows of things reflected from the minds of others.

The book-worm wraps himself up in his web of verbal generalities, and sees only the glimmering shadows of things reflected from the minds of others.




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