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Conversation with a Mirror
I said, “Before I write another word and send it, helpless, out into the void, I’d like to find a topic less absurd than how the world leaves me only annoyed when I encounter it each passing day; it does … Continue reading
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Tagged conversations, introspection, mirrors, reflection, self-similarity, words
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With one word aloud
With one word aloud, the illusion is broken as the echo fades. So deep, this still well, that a small sound is strengthened and seems so much more. But echoes will fade; and in the gaping silence words do not … Continue reading
To Be Ambrose Bierce for a Day
chaste, n. The state of being pursued, but not yet within the grasp of the pursuer. For example, it could be said that one is chaste, or in fact chased, until they are caught or captured. Quite often the value … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambrose Bierce, definitions, humor, The Devil's Dictionary, words
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Confucious
The words that rend my soul’s speech are my own; they are not borrowed from another’s lines. From someone else’s field, of their seeds sown, come not the fruits due me at harvest time. To posit otherwise is to admit … Continue reading
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Tagged Confucious, education, gurus, knowledge, responsibility, teaching, words
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Don’t Say a Word
Don’t say a word; let the silence between us deepen and swallow us whole; forget who was in control, who had the more meaningful role. Don’t say a word; let not speaking remind us of what can be better unsaid; … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, miscommunication, misunderstandings, relationships, silence, words
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