All good childrens stories are the same: young creature breaks rules, has incredible adventure, then returns home with the knowledge that aforementioned rules are there for a reason.Of course, the actual message to the careful reader is: break rules as often as you can, because who the hell doesnt want to have an adventure?
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They hurt you. You hurt em back. Or maybe it is the other way around. Whatever. Someday you might find a way to forgive each other. But it wont be like it used to cause that pain never really goes away.
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But nothing warps time quite like childhood
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The world is a terrifying place, more than I ever realized. But if I had my whole life to do over again, thats literally the only thing Id change. Id stop being so afraid of other people.
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When a man carries an instrument of violence, hell always find the justification to use it. If we really want to escape this war, we have to stop bringing it with us.
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Some dreams really do come true. That said, most dreams are weird as shit.
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Well, Ive always wanted to call my son
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My name is Hazel. I started out as an idea, but I ended up something more. Not much more, to be honest. Its not like I grow up to become some great war hero or any sort of all important savior... but thanks to these two, at least I get to grow old.Not everybody does.
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Most of us think we can hide our weaknesses from the world, and sometimes, were right. But only if were very very strong.
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I always think fondly of my years inside Detention Center LC/766B.The women and the children I met had all lost people they loved, but they never wallowed in despair.Dying is one of the few experiences well eventually all enjoy firsthand, and like most shit thats commonplace, its boring to dwell on. My fellow inmates/classmates (and really, whats the difference?) showed me it was more interesting to concentrate on the living.Because death is fucking predictable... ...but life has science experiments and free time and surprise naps and who knows what comes next?
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I was pretty good at picking up new languages when I was little, but its not like I had superpowers or anything.Kids just have an easier time with words.
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You know that old cliché about how millions of deaths being a statistic, while the loss of just one life is a tragedy? If thats true, what is it when you lose something that never even had a chance to be born? Ive had a lot of relationships in my time, platonic or otherwise, but the ones I think about most are those that never quite made it to term. The dashing first date who didnt call you back. The lady on the train you had that amazing conversation with but never saw again. The cool neighbor kid you met the first time a week before he moved away. I guess Im just haunted by all that potential energy. One moment, the universe presents you with this amazing opportunity for new possibilities and then...
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What cruel creatures men are. Our bodies tell us to love so many, but theres room in our hearts for so few.
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The advice to kill your darlings has been attributed to various authors across the various galaxies... and Mister Heist hated them all.Why teach young writers to edit out whatever it is they feel most passionate about?Better to kill everything in their writing they DONT love as much.Until only the darlings remain.
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It doesnt matter who started it or what its really about...war usually ends up sucking most for women. Even when were not fighting the battles ourselves, we somehow always end up with the lions share of the suffering.
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Some general advice about writing:WRITE MORE, DO OTHER STUFF LESS.
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Over the years, we met every kind of person imaginable. But no one makes worse first impressions than writers.
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Anyone with an autobiography is almost definitely an evil piece of shit.
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Readers love fantasy, but we need horror. Smart horror. Truthful horror. Horror that helps us make sense of a cruelly senseless world.
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How is it possible that our parents lied to us?Lets see: Santa, the Tooth Fairy,the Easter bunny,um, God. Youre the prettiest kid in school. This wont hurt a bit. Your face will freeze like that...Everythings going to be alright.
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