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Mr. James
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"Smothered in the green foliage, they [the woods], and the wild flowers, too, crowd together along the margin of the flowering waters and, bending over, gaze into them, never for a moment tiring of the pastime, never for a moment averting their admiring, radiant glances from the stream, and they smile at it and greet it, waving their branches. But they dare not look into the Dnieper midstream [...]. -- NG" — Dec 30, 2025 12:06AM
"Smothered in the green foliage, they [the woods], and the wild flowers, too, crowd together along the margin of the flowering waters and, bending over, gaze into them, never for a moment tiring of the pastime, never for a moment averting their admiring, radiant glances from the stream, and they smile at it and greet it, waving their branches. But they dare not look into the Dnieper midstream [...]. -- NG" — Dec 30, 2025 12:06AM
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"Art heals imperfection, like a cowboy who carries a rusty revolver and cries at the sight of a hungry horse." — 6 hours, 34 min ago
"Art heals imperfection, like a cowboy who carries a rusty revolver and cries at the sight of a hungry horse." — 6 hours, 34 min ago
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"dork (dôrk) n. 1. an odd, socially awkward, unstylish person. 2. Slang: A stupid, inept, or foolish person. 3. Vulgar Slang: Male genitalia. 4. A used car salesman that thinks he's Tony Soprano. 5. Stephen King. 6. A high school librarian that wears a top hat." — Dec 24, 2025 10:14PM
"dork (dôrk) n. 1. an odd, socially awkward, unstylish person. 2. Slang: A stupid, inept, or foolish person. 3. Vulgar Slang: Male genitalia. 4. A used car salesman that thinks he's Tony Soprano. 5. Stephen King. 6. A high school librarian that wears a top hat." — Dec 24, 2025 10:14PM
“A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.”
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“Only after disaster can we be resurrected. It's only after you've lost everything that you're free to do anything. Nothing is static, everything is evolving, everything is falling apart.”
― Fight Club
― Fight Club
“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.”
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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
― The Happy Prince and Other Stories
“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.”
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