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message 651: by [deleted user] (new)

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He says, she's too fickle-minded. She says, he's too opinionated.


message 652: by M (new)

M | 11617 comments He raised his eyebrows. “When you always know what’s right, opinionated is just a natural way to be.”


message 653: by [deleted user] (new)

I was told before to make room for mistakes.


message 654: by Angie (new)

Angie Pangan | 4795 comments Because mistakes lead to accidental discoveries.


message 655: by Mandy (new)

Mandy Blake | 1231 comments You may not like what you find.


message 656: by Angie (new)

Angie Pangan | 4795 comments It's time to be strong and face the music.


message 657: by Hugo (new)

Hugo | 45 comments Layers, rhythm, colours of music can be too, found in art and literature - for all arts are interoperable.


message 658: by Mandy (new)

Mandy Blake | 1231 comments Is that what passes for music these days?


message 659: by M (new)

M | 11617 comments Noise by any other name would be as unpleasant.


message 660: by [deleted user] (new)

My husband can't help but cover his ears while I sing my heart out.


message 661: by M (new)

M | 11617 comments “The company will know we have cheap glasses,” Arnold told Nelda. “Your singing hasn’t shattered them.”


message 662: by Mandy (new)

Mandy Blake | 1231 comments I think she missed that last note.


message 663: by M (new)

M | 11617 comments After Arnold ran out on her and left her flat, it was often noted that she sang off key.


message 664: by Mandy (new)

Mandy Blake | 1231 comments The walls of her apartment were paper thin, and her neighbors were forced to listen each time she showered.


message 665: by M (new)

M | 11617 comments She quit making water music until a plumber arrived to fix the handel.


message 666: by M (new)

M | 11617 comments (I wondered if anyone would get it.)


message 667: by J. T. (new)

J. T. | 540 comments Lost deep in thought beside a merrily running stream, you're moodily dropping pebbles in the water just to watch them sink.


message 668: by Christa VG (new)

Christa VG (christa-ronpaul2012) Then note with surprise that one blue smooth rock has floated back to the top.


message 669: by Caitlan (new)

Caitlan (lionesserampant) | 2869 comments A cracked, speckled egg laying in pieces on the flattened grass.


message 670: by Christa VG (new)

Christa VG (christa-ronpaul2012) Growing tall green grass, tops as pointed as shattered glass.


message 671: by Jocelyn (new)

Jocelyn (joc113) The treasures of Murano, Italy.


message 672: by Mandy (new)

Mandy Blake | 1231 comments Not gold, or precious stones, but something much more valuable.


message 673: by Caitlan (new)

Caitlan (lionesserampant) | 2869 comments Snuggling with a loved one in front of a fire on a cold winters night.


message 674: by Mandy (new)

Mandy Blake | 1231 comments My favorite blanket, a mug of hot cocoa, and the never ending struggle of keeping his hands from wandering too much.


message 675: by C. J., Cool yet firm like ice (new)

C. J. Scurria (goodreadscomcj_scurria) | 4484 comments No need for a warm fire when a mug of hot chocolate does the mind and mood good.


message 676: by M (new)

M | 11617 comments I’m too polite to refuse a crackling fire, a glass of sherry, and the overtures of the tax assessor’s wife.


message 677: by [deleted user] (new)

A sales pitch gone bad.


message 678: by georgiabread (new)

georgiabread Cricket


message 679: by Mandy (new)

Mandy Blake | 1231 comments Jiminy Cricket wasn't always a movie star, at one time even he had trouble talking to a crowd.


message 680: by M (new)

M | 11617 comments Then he invented the cigarette lighter, but soon his film career burned out.


message 681: by Mandy (new)

Mandy Blake | 1231 comments Zippo was more than just a lighter though; he was also the first, as well as least popular, transformers. Second only to the couch that turns into a bed.


message 682: by georgiabread (new)

georgiabread Optimus Prime


message 683: by M (new)

M | 11617 comments He wanted to be a couch potato but settled for being a recliner rutabaga.


message 684: by Mandy (new)

Mandy Blake | 1231 comments Red, yellow, and blue; Optimus contained all the primary colors.


message 685: by [deleted user] (new)

Scanning a coloring book of a four-year old girl.


message 686: by Mandy (new)

Mandy Blake | 1231 comments So many unicorns.


message 687: by M (new)

M | 11617 comments So little time.


message 688: by Mandy (new)

Mandy Blake | 1231 comments But maybe just enough.


message 689: by M (new)

M | 11617 comments . . . to bag one out of season.


message 690: by [deleted user] (new)

will bring terrible misfortune


message 691: by M (new)

M | 11617 comments “But misfortune,” he reasoned, “is better than no fortune at all.”


message 692: by Mandy (new)

Mandy Blake | 1231 comments As he was thinking that a unicorn stuck him from behind, how unfortunate.


message 693: by J. T. (new)

J. T. | 540 comments The Invisible Pink Unicorn works in mysterious ways.


message 694: by M (new)

M | 11617 comments Miraculously, he survived, bought a guitar, and formed a band: The New Irish Rovers.


message 695: by Angie (new)

Angie Pangan | 4795 comments Red Rover, Red Rover, send Sally right over.


message 696: by [deleted user] (new)

Peter piper picked a chilly pepper.


message 697: by Angie (new)

Angie Pangan | 4795 comments Red hot chilly pepper.


message 698: by Ryan (new)

Ryan | 5334 comments Little girls from Sweden dream of silver screen quotations.


message 699: by Mandy (new)

Mandy Blake | 1231 comments You can't handle the truth!


message 700: by Ryan (new)

Ryan | 5334 comments We live in a world with walls. Can you defend them?


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