Shane Jett
- Bill to Ban Corporal Punishment for Disabled Students
As the bill was debated, Sen. Shane Jett, one of the most outspoken opponents of the bill, told Sen. Dave Rader that the Bible sanctions corporal punishment and demanded to know how his legislation conforms with Scripture. He continued to call the bill a violation of Scripture and complained the measure was "socialist."
Jeff Vandermeer
- Annihilation
This is impossible," said the surveyor, staring at her maps. The solid shade of late afternoon cast her in cool darkness and lent the words more urgency than they would have had otherwise. The sun was telling us that soon we'd have to use our flashlights to interrogate the impossible, although I'd have been perfectly happy doing it in the dark. "And yet there it is," I said. "Unless we are having a mass hallucination.
Laurell K Hamilton
- Unsociable
If we ever were going to cohabitate, he'd have to know the truth. I was unsociable and food was something you ate so you wouldn't die. I decided to do what I'd have done if he hadn't been here, sort of. I really disliked the feeling of being uncomfortable in my own home.
Joan Baez
- It Ain't Me Babe
Go away from my window, go at your own chosen speed. I'm not the one you want, babe. I'm not the one you need. You say you're looking for someone, never weak, but always strong to protect you and defend you, whether you are right or wrong.
The Nap Ministry
My newest book is a portal of original typography, poetry, original Black ass illustrations, stories about radical underground love practices and escape plans of how to be a trickster and escape the claws of grind culture. A fine art book. A daydreaming companion. Sleep but don't sleep on this invitation.
Jennifer Niven, All the Bright Places
It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting, and for the millionth time in my life, I wish for measles or smallpox or some other easily understood disease just to make it easier on me and also on them.
Linda Bronson (with a note from NgYanHon350)
- Simple well known pangram
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. This is a quote that contains all the letters of the alphabet in it. Also known as a pangram. I was thinking most of the pangrams I found was too long, but maybe this shorter one helped you today, I hope.
Bob Ross
- The Joy of Painting
Let's just put a happy little sky up here. Just making little criss-cross strokes. Just let your brush bounce around, play, have fun. There we go. A little more of the blue. It's always simple to add more color but it's a son of a gun to take it out.
Myself - Rio818
- Distraction
When I come across a quote that I am very familiar with, or song lyrics (which we don't do on here... *wink*) I get so distracted by reading it that i mess up typing it. That is very frustrating because I should be able to type my favorite quotes better than ones that I don't know.
James Herriot
- Your Next Read
Step into the charming and heartwarming world of "All Creatures Great and Small," where the English countryside comes alive through the eyes of a compassionate veterinarian. This enduring classic invites you to join Herriot as he navigates the joys and challenges of caring for God's creatures, from the smallest kittens to the grandest horses. With wit, wisdom, and a deep affection for both his animal and human patients, Herriot paints a vivid tapestry of life's simple yet profound moments.
Paul Kalanithi
- When Breathe Becomes Air
Were things really so bad? Neurosurgical training, among the most rigorous and demanding of all medical specialties, had surely put a strain on our marriage. There were so many nights when I came home late from work, after Lucy had gone to bed, and collapsed on the living room floor, exhausted, and so many mornings when I left for work in the early dark, before she'd awoken. But our careers were peaking now - most universities wanted both of us: me in neurosurgery, Lucy in internal medicine.
camuscase
- February 14th
The time we shared long ago reprises itself in my memory on one particular day in the second month of every year. On Valentine's Day, I ruminate, reminisce, and regret all at once. Now, it's the 15th. The time has come again to release these resurfaced memories. Part of me would love to be able to forget, and another part of me thinks it's important to remember not only for the lessons heartbreak taught me, but also for the pleasant memories we shared.
P. G. Wodehouse
- The Inimitable Jeeves
I had promised to meet young Bingo next day, to tell him what I thought of his infernal Charlotte, and I was mooching slowly up St. James's Street, trying to think how the dickens I could explain to him, without hurting his feelings, that I considered her one of the world's foulest, when who should come toddling out of the Devonshire Club but old Bittlesham and Bingo himself. I hurried on and overtook them.
Oliver Black
- Expand Your Options
As you open your eyes, you expand your options. As you learn more, you expand your options. As you make yourself willing to travel, you expand your options. In a world of 8 billion people, there's someone looking for exactly you.
Czeslaw Milosz
- The Captive Mind: Truth in Writing
When a writer strives to present reality most faithfully he becomes convinced that untruth is at times the greatest truth. The world is so rich and so complex that the more one tries not to omit any part of the truth, the more uncovers wonders that elude the pen.
XIV05
- Hopefully a short quote of a dog and cat
The dog and cat were actually friends. They went to the park. They started to chase some birds. After playing in the park, the dog and cat went home to the boy.
Winston Churchill
Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar. As the Will of God is in Heaven, even so let it be.
jeff buckley
- forget her
Don't fool yourself, she was heartache from the moment that you met her. My heart feels so still as I try to find the will to forget her, somehow. Oh, I think I've forgotten her now. Her love is a rose, pale and dying. Dropping her petals in a land unknown.
Max Barry
- Snow White
Once upon a time there was a queen, and the queen said, "Hey Google, who's the fairest one of all?" And her Nest Audio said, "Sorry, I didn't understand." So the queen tried again; she said: "Hey Google, who is the most attractive person in my geographic area?" and Google said, "Sorry, I don't have any information about that."
Marie Drake
- Alaska Flag Song
Eight stars of gold on a field of blue, Alaska's flag, may it mean to you. The blue of the sea, the evening sky. The mountain, lakes, and flowers nearby. The gold of the early sourdough's dreams. The precious gold of the hills and streams. The brilliant stars in the northern sky, the "Bear" the "Dipper," and shining high. The great North Star with its steady light, O'er land and sea, a beacon bright. Alaska's flag to Alaskans dear. The simple flag of the last frontier.
