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hahahaha meee tooooo!Murrin wrote:I would say crepuscular, but I like the word too much.
thanks Marv for this thread!! (dabnabbit why didn't i think of that)
singular
dispair
you're more advanced than a cockroach,
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
have you ever tried explaining yourself
to one of them?
~ alan bates, the mothman prophecies
i've had this with actors before, on the set,
where they get upset about the [size of my]
trailer, and i'm always like...take my trailer,
cause... i'm from Kentucky
and that's not what we brag about.
~ george clooney, inside the actor's studio
a straight edge for legends at
the fold - searching for our
lost cities of gold. burnt tar,
gravel pits. sixteen gears switch.
Haphazard Lucy strolls by.
~ dennis r wood ~
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Detritus...I mean, come on. Shake it up a little; try debris, garbage, trash, junk.....
Dandelion don't tell no lies
Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
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Dandelion will make you wise
Tell me if she laughs or cries
Blow away dandelion
I'm afraid there's no denying
I'm just a dandelion
a fate I don't deserve.
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Ok, I'm about halfway through D-Gates now, and found a good example of glacial (p. 386):
I also caught the bugger using percipience (p. 404). Did he steal it from SRD, or the other way around?He screamed, pain lancing through him with glacial fire.
She does! Such percipience in the lass as to sense my every thought-as if she could hear them aloud.
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There's actually a pretty long chapter about curses in RG.
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
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Reading through MoI today and read another one : Togg's Tongue.
"It is not the literal past that rules us, save, possibly, in a biological sense. It is images of the past. Each new historical era mirrors itself in the picture and active mythology of its past or of a past borrowed from other cultures. It tests its sense of identity, of regress or new achievement against that past.”
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Grimaced. Or alternately, "bared his teeth".
Here's some stuff about curses from RG. It's a discussion between Redmask and Toc Anaster:
Here's some stuff about curses from RG. It's a discussion between Redmask and Toc Anaster:
"Togg's teats, Redmask, that's a long speech coming from you."
"I hold words in contempt, Anaster Toc. What do you mean when you say 'Togg's teats'?"
"Togg's a god."
"Not a goddess?"
"No."
"Then its teats are--"
"Useless. Precisely."
"What of the others? 'Hood's Breath'?"
"Hood is the Lord of Death."
"Thus...no breath."
"Correct."
"Beru's mercy?"
"She has no mercy."
"Mowri fend?"
"The Lady of the Poor fends off nothing."
Redmask regarded the foreigner. "Your people have a strange relationship with your gods."
"I suppose we do. Some decry it as cynical and they may have a point. It's all to do with power, Redmask, and what it does to those who possess it. Gods not excepted."
"If they are so unhelpful, why do you worship them?"
"Imagine how much more unhelpful they'd be if we didn't." At whatever Anaster Toc saw in Redmask's eyes, he then laughed.
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