Books and Stories

“I wish I were born another creature. Like a rat or a slug. It would suit me, or better yet, a being with little consciousness, like bacteria or some plant.”

“I will make poetry if it's the last thing I do, and considering that his rations were coming to an end it might well be the last thing he did.”

“I remember the day, but I don't remember the exact date. It was a Saturday.”

“They will come for me today. Room is darkened, single source of light emanating from computer screen.”

“The full moon shines grandly in the clear starlit sky. Over to my side is a large dense forest. But nothing stirs.”

“The suggestion, for example, that women are not as competent in mathematical and scientific ability, comes not as a consequence of mental limitations but rather emerges from this presupposition of inferiority.”

“When it would rain I would lie in my tent with a few candles burning just staring at the patterns the drops would make on the fabric.”

“I had overdosed on prescribed anti-depressants and been taken in for observation for a few weeks before the new medication began to take effect. I asked a friend to bring my paints and books so I could pass the days painting and reading.”

“I make my way into the condensed congested room, the furniture laced with concoctions of all kinds of various crumbs, dirt and grime. I have entered the lodgings of that maniac, Sherlock Holmes.”

“'I see you have come here for your application to be considered a human.' ... 'Yours has been a most despicable existence, neither providing hope, nor sensing any despair for your fellow human beings.'”

“There was a strange crazed look in those morbid eyes as he lifted that stick, stretching his arm fully behind his back. The stick made a swishing sound as the echo of the final thwack reverberated across the hall. I winced.”