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Joseph Fulkerson

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	Brood of Vipers 3.44 avg rating — 39 ratings — 2 editions	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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	Seppuku Quarterly issue #2 by Joseph Fulkerson (Goodreads Author) (Editor ), Kevin Tosca (Contributor), Jean Colonomus (Contributor) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings	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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	Seppuku Quarterly issue #3 by Joseph Fulkerson (Goodreads Author) (Editor ), Clyde Liffey (Contributor), William Barker (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings	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
	Seppuku Quarterly by Joseph Fulkerson (Goodreads Author) (Editor ), Paul Cordeiro (Contributor), Tony Brewer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings	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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Dream Language: The Prophetic Power of Dreams, Revelations, and the Spirit of Wisdom

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“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”
― Friedrich W. Nietzsche

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“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.”
― Henry David Thoreau

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“To create, and to confront, one has to be an outcast.”
― Masha Gessen, Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot

tags: art, outcasts

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“They're waiting for you to say all these grand statements, you know? You march across the room and you're supposed to say 'DEATH HAS TWELVE WINGS LIKE THE ANGEL OF HELL!' but people aren't built that way. You can only say 'Hey, uh, baby, why don't ya' make me a cup of coffee?”
― Charles Bukowski

tags: coffee, hell, humour, poetry, prose, writing

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“but he was unreachable. As music is present yet you can't touch it...”
― Mary Oliver, A Thousand Mornings: Poems

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