Now, where do I bring this thing down?" I asked. There was a hesitation, then, "You don't. We didn't design it to return. It was a redundancy we had no need for. Too costly, in terms of resources." "S...
A story only matters, I suspect, to the extent that people in the story change.But I was seven when all these things happened, and I was the same person at the end of it that I was at the beginning, w...
Adults should not weep, I knew. They did not have mothers who would comfort them.
Along with the standard computer warranty agreement which said that if the machine 1) didn't work, 2) didn't do what the expensive advertisements said, 3) electrocuted the immediate neighborhood, 4) a...
And because nobody's done it before, they haven't made up rules to stop anyone doing that again, yet.
And then it went, and time passed properly once more, every second following every other second just like they're meant to.
And there was a voice, a high clear, female voice, which said Ow, and then, very quietly, it said Fuck, and then it said Ow, once more.
And they walked away together through the hole in the wall, back into the darkness,
Another piece of advice: I've learned over the years that everything is more or less the same amount of work. So you may as well set your sights high and try and do something really cool. There are ot...
Anyone who calls you little lady has already excluded you from the set of people worth listening to.
As I wouldn't wear a costume, I couldn't imagine him wanting to wear one. And seeing that the greater part of my wardrobe is black (It's a sensible colour. It goes with anything. Well, anything black)...
At the best of times his face was unreadable. Now his face was a book written in a language long forgotten, in an alphabet unimagined. Silas wrapped the shadows around him like a blanket, and stared a...
Beware of Doors.
But it was a dream, and in dreams, sometimes, you have no choices: either there are no decisions to be made, or they were made for you long before ever the dream began.
DESTRUCTION: Our sister [Death] defines life, just as Despair defines hope, or Desire defines hatred, or as Destiny defines freedom.MORPHEUS: And what do I define, by this theory of yours.DESTRUCTION:...
Daddy, she said, you've made a recipe again.
Did it hurt? asked Bod. Letting the car hit you like that?Yes, said Silas.
Different people remember things differently, and you'll not get any two people to remember anything the same, whether they were there or not.
Do you wonder where poetry come from? Where do we get the songs we sing and the tales we tell? Do you ever ask yourself how it is that some people can dream great, wise, beautiful dreams and pass thos...
Excuse me,' he said. 'I know this is a personal question. But are you clinically insane?''Possible, but very unlikely. Why?
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