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I am a series of small victories and large defeats.


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Understand me. I’m not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul.

Understand me. I’m not like an ordinary world. I have my madness, I live in another dimension and I do not have time for things that have no soul.



The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.




People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.

People are strange: They are constantly angered by trivial things, but on a major matter like totally wasting their lives, they hardly seem to notice.



Find what you love and let it kill you.

Find what you love and let it kill you.



If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.

If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.



Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.

Love is a fog that burns with the first daylight of reality.



Sometimes I feel as if we are all trapped in a movie. We know our lines, where to walk, how to act, only there is no camera. Yet, we can't break out of the movie. And it's a bad one.

Sometimes I feel as if we are all trapped in a movie. We know our lines, where to walk, how to act, only there is no camera. Yet, we can't break out of the movie. And it's a bad one.



You have to die a few times before you can really live.

You have to die a few times before you can really live.



I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.

I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.





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Maybe all that silence about my brother did something to me. I think it did. Not talking can make a guy pretty lonely



I fall into him like one would fall into a dream, ready to submit to your subconscious's inner most desires and your deepest fears.

I fall into him like one would fall into a dream, ready to submit to your subconscious's inner most desires and your deepest fears.



I am a mother-tired, but when my soul doth magnify, my time doth magnify.

I am a mother-tired, but when my soul doth magnify, my time doth magnify.



Speaking words of endearment where words of comfort availed not.

Speaking words of endearment where words of comfort availed not.



A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.

A little anger is a good thing if it isn't on your own behalf, if it's for others deserving of your anger, your empathy.



I'm curious about other universes, and nonhuman elementals. For me it's still a very lively ethos. It's a kind of practice. It's an ethos that is very sustaining.

I'm curious about other universes, and nonhuman elementals. For me it's still a very lively ethos. It's a kind of practice. It's an ethos that is very sustaining.



My great uncle fought in WWI. His stories fascinated me.

My great uncle fought in WWI. His stories fascinated me.



My older sister has all her degrees in theater, and I couldnt stand the theater geeks!

My older sister has all her degrees in theater, and I couldnt stand the theater geeks!



Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins.

Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins.



When those with ability at their job get to thinking they can't be done without, they're already on their way out.

When those with ability at their job get to thinking they can't be done without, they're already on their way out.




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