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Gaines Post

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Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, I transported myself to southeastern Australia in 2007, where I now spend my time dodging parrot droppings, racking my brain, and contemplating my navel. My favourite book genres are sci-fi and fantasy, but I'll enjoy pretty much anything that tells a good story. In early 2020, my wife and I moved to the Blue Mountains, and have so far been loving it up here.

I moderate the Otherspect Storytelling and Discussion Forum over on Discord, and I also keep a weekly blog at www.otherspect.com. Nice to meet you :-)
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	The Pinnacle: a short story 3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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I'm no longer using Twitter. Join me here instead: Mastodon
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The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)

by Robert Jordan

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“Take a deep breath and read. It'll calm you.”
― Robert Dunbar

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“Today, like every other day, we wake up empty
and frightened. Don't open the door of your
study
and begin reading. Take down a musical
instrument.
Let the beauty we love be what we do.
There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss
the ground.”
― Rumi

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“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
― Isaac Asimov

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“The power of imagination makes us infinite.”
― John Muir

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“I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
The function of man is to live, not to exist.
I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them.
I shall use my time.”
― Jack London

tags: life, meteor

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