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Girl with Gerbil // Don Russ
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wishfulclickingIn time---in the growing
fullness of my time---I’ll know myself
in knowing another. Some other one
and only me.
fullness of my time---I’ll know myself
in knowing another. Some other one
and only me.
The Road to Emmaus // Spencer Reece
Dec. 16th, 2012 11:06 amwishfulclickingIt seems to me now, after all this time,
few things have as much fidelity as the past.
few things have as much fidelity as the past.
wishfulclickingThe music of my youth was much better
Than the music of yours. So was the weather.
'Terminal Nostalgia' \\ Sherman Alexie
Than the music of yours. So was the weather.
'Terminal Nostalgia' \\ Sherman Alexie
wishfulclickingYou want to know? What it's like? To prop up the dam? To keep your fingers plugged in its cracks? To feel like every single breath that passes it another betrayal, another step farther away from what you were and where you were and who you were, another step deeper into the darkness?
"The River Nemunas"
"The River Nemunas"
wishfulclickingIt's okay, I say. I've been saying it's okay a lot lately. I've said it to church ladies and flight attendants and counselors. I say, I'm fine, it's okay. I don't know if I'm fine or if it's okay, or if saying it makes anyone feel better. Mostly it's just something to say.
-"The River Nemunas"
-"The River Nemunas"
wishfulclicking
I've made a list of questions
to which I no longer expect answers,
since it's either too early for them,
or I won't have time to understand.
- 'List'
wishfulclicking
They say
the first love’s most important.
That’s very romantic,
but not my experience.
-'First Love'
wishfulclickingI might have been myself minus amazement,
that is,
someone completely different.
'Among the Multitudes'
that is,
someone completely different.
'Among the Multitudes'
wishfulclicking"I cannot predict the future, but I know that anything is possible, even when everything else seems impossible."
-Thomas, Zimbabwe's homeless team's coach, quoted in Home and Away
-Thomas, Zimbabwe's homeless team's coach, quoted in Home and Away
wishfulclickingMy wishes became generalized long ago, in childhood; I learned quick the consequence of wishing specific.
--The Rememberer
--The Rememberer
