They had a year of joy, twelve months of the strange heaven which the salmon know on beds of river shingle, under the gin-clear water. For twenty-four years they were guilty, but this first year was t...
There was a super-8 steel town somewhere, where all the forgotten things in the cruel world ended up eventually, Mandy was sure of it… this place, she decided, was called Smog City.
Their view; it is cosmic. Not of a man here, a child there, but an abstraction: race, land. Not of honorable men but of itself, honor; the abstract is real, the actual is invisible to them. but not...
Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country? Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this.Socrates: How so, Plato?Plato: It...
Sherry was so much relieved to find that Hero had no wish to keep her unfortunate protege permanently in the spare bedroom that he agreed to this plan, even go so far as to hand over, upon demand, a b...
Of course all such conclusions about appropriate actions against the rich and powerful are based on a fundamental flaw: This is us, and that is them. This crucial principle, deeply embedded in Western...
Mina’s mouth dropped open, and he bent his head as if to kiss her. She jammed her gun barrel under his chin. He grinned.
Introspection does not need to be a still life. It can be an active alchemy.
I never said I was sad, I’m just pessimistic, said Alecto. Expect the worst, that way you’ll never be disappointed, Mandy Valems.
I lean all my weight on the porcelain ledge, I draw my face closer until it touches the mirror. The eyes, nose, and mouth disappear. Nothing is left. Brown wrinkles show on each side of the feverish s...
I have the choice of being constantly active and happy or introspectively passive and sad. Or I can go mad by ricocheting in between...I am still so naïve; I know pretty much what I like and dislike;...
How do I love thee? wondered Orion. Let me see. I love thee passionately and eternally...obviously eternally-that goes without saying. Holly blinked sweat from her eyes. Is he serious? she called over...
HOLLY: Are you suggesting I occasionally stray from the rule book?FOALY: No. I'm suggesting you do not own a copy of the rule book, and if you do, you have certainly never opened it.
Glaring at the Gasman, ter Borcht said, Your time is coming to an end, youpathetic failure of an experiment. Vhat you say now is how you vill beremembered.Gazzy’s blue eyes flashed. Then you can remem...
Certain things, they should stay the way they are. You ought to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and just leave them alone.
CANDY: I’d rather fearlessly make a mess than sit around worrying about how bad it’ll be, but that’s just me.
Apollo stepped toward Athena. Let’s break down this idea step-by-step. How would we be able to use Perses? The last time I checked, he was in Tartarus. He is still there. Athena tipped her chin up. An...
Ambiverts typically . . .• Can process information both internally and externally. They need time to contemplate on their own, but consider the opinions and wisdom from people whom they trust when mak...
A uno siempre le interesa lo que es distinto o desconocido.
It is foreign to a man's nature to go on loving a person when he is told that he must and shall be that person's lover. There would be a much likelier chance of his doing it if he were told not to lov...