“You are a wonderful, complex, f*cked-up mess,” you once said to me. Sometimes when you passed these judgements I would flinch, as if the words were darts or sharp tools piercing my skin.”
Source: The Taxidermist's Lover
“Never be afraid of what people might think of your work. For every possible negative reaction, you will also receive a positive reaction. What really matters is what you think of your work.
Write! Write! Write!”
Source: The Boy with the Best Laugh
“The day is windless. It’s not a joke. Life is not a joke.”
Source: All That Man Is
“The poor have no right to love. Especially if their beloved is from a rich tribe.”
Source: The Red Island: The Gatekeeper
“Imagine a world without touch… Relationships grow colder, trust erodes, and loneliness becomes the norm.”
Source: Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction
“He blew a cloud of smoke up and into the beams of light that shone from above. It revealed him in profile as he held himself still, his head like the bust of an icon waiting to be cast.”
Source: Concert Black
“Just because we're related, doesn't mean we're family.”
Source: Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience
“One of the great lies we tell ourselves is that just because we’re related to people, we have to like them.”
Source: The Road Home
“Chance stifled a grin, and all I could think was that this girl had to be related to me. Only women who were related to me annoyed me this much.”
Source: Bloodstone
“Smartass Disciple: Where were all things before the time began?
Master of Stupidity: What was the time before all things created?”
Source: Master of Stupidity