“I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.”― Sophocles, Oedipus Rex In life, Charles had been pretty mediocre. He had homicidal tendencies and often daydreamed of brutal murders, but because he enjoyed his luxuries, he decided not to act on them lest he end up in jail. In death, upon meeting Satan …
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Wasting Time
“Time is the longest distance between two places.”― Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie Time had never been much of a problem for Alex because he could stop it whenever he wanted. As long as he could remember, he could command time. Slow it down, speed it up, and stop it all together. When he was a kid, …
Behind her Eyes
“If something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones.”― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth Erin had always had perfect vision. She was the only one …
Faceless
“Face your life, its pain, its pleasure, leave no path untaken.”― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book Darren came to a fork in the road, both paths looked about the same. Because he didn't know where he was going anyway, he decided to start down the left path and, if he got bored, he would head back and …
Run Away Mage
“Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the wrong things, not the things you want to learn. Sixteen years on the streets and you see a lot. But all the wrong sights, not the things you want to see.”― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders If Bernice could have it her way, she …
Astral Projection and a Body Bag
“How come we've got these bodies? They are frail supports for what we feel. There are times I get so hemmed in by my arms and legs I look forward to getting past them. As though death will set me free like a traveling cloud... I'll be out there as a piece of the endless …
A Call for Help from the Shadows
“If light is scarce then light is scarce; we will immerse ourselves in the darkness and there discover its own particular beauty.”― Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, In Praise of Shadows Her power went out and all she had were candles for the night. It was too early to go to sleep, and too dark to read, so she sat …
The Librarian
“That's the duty of the old,' said the Librarian, 'to be anxious on the behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.' They sat for a while longer, and then parted, for it was late, and they were old and anxious.”― Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass The …
Forest of Birds
“Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?' Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land; Man got to tell himself he understand.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle A biologist, while studying a common bluebird, notices something strange in the trees up ahead. He approaches cautiously and sees …
Ceremony
“She flipped through a book her mother was reading about native people in a distant country, how everyday they would take pieces of white silk and draw on them in wax, then dip the silks in dye, then draw on them more in wax and dye them some more, then boil the wax out in …
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