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lisab
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E-man! Nice to see you again!
--lisab
E-man! Nice to see you again!
Om's very first thread said:He ended the paper with some research he had performed where he was able to take a 3.5hp engine, modify it somehow, and generate ~45 hp, at which point it blew up.
The porcupine is a peaceful animal, yet, God still thought it necessary to give him quills...
Maybe the person who just posted that in another thread on PF should remain anonymous.It can be difficult to realize that we are constantly accelerating toward the center of the Earth when we are standing still.
Edward Abbey said:Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.
nuuskur said:"All cruelty springs from weakness" by Seneca.
杀手 無與倫上匕的自由 said:Always stay positive and never tell yourself that this is the last time.
Enigman said:F__k literature.
-Ernest Hemingway to Ezra Pound.
Selected Letters 1917–1961
Context:epenguin said:Probably the unwittyest of the dictae of this thread and wasn't he a bit of a poseur and self-image fabricator himself?
He's slowly losing his momentum and is disillusioned with the modern publishing industry. The exclamation is an angry criticism of the same in favour of the simplistic process in the previous century that was enjoyed by Ben Franklin. Ezra Pound was a mentor of sorts to Hemingway.Bill [Bird] is getting out my book [In Our Time*], it was promised by bindery 3 weeks ago--different dates have been set since. After awaiting various set dates by the binder I have lost the fine thrill enjoyed by Benj. Franklin when entering Philadelphia with a roll under each arm. F__k Literature.
I am writing some damn good stories. [...]
*First collection of short stories he published.
Great! But on the other side of the coin:OmCheeto said:If you explain something
in ways that are not threatening
and lace that explanation
with enough illustration,
example
and humor,
people
at some point
can relax
and take it in.
--- Robert Reich
I lived that with my own skin and I did fall into panic like an idiot. I was totally fooled.福永 said:People always manage to fall into panic when a terrible outcome is put into logical words and explained to them.
Even if it's fiction I can relate. After being thrown into an abyss of despair I desperately struggled to get out of it. Accepting "help" (note the quotes) from people who were clearly the very enemies who threw me into the abyss, but I was in so much despair that I was blind to it.セバスチャン said:Humans cannot reject temptation. When they are plunged into the depths of despair, likened to hell, they will hold on to anything that may help them escape from the situation they are in, even if it's merely a spider's thread, no matter what sort of humans they are.