McFodi
- sand
Rustles passed. Birds fluttered. Ahead, a lone bikepacker whidded down a sandy hill, the forest to her back. She came to rest at the base, coiffing her hair for a photograph. Later, picture within her pockets, she picked her way up to the seat, attempting to advance. Nothing. The sand had gripped the wheels in its grainy fingers, cementing the machine in place. She fell. The bicycle didn't. The sand buckled. The grainy void engulfed her machine, bringing her only sustenance with it.
lehcarn
- Childhood
Sometimes I daydream about my childhood home. I walk through the rooms in my head and remember Christmases, birthday parties, and family get togethers long past. I recall playing with my siblings and pets on the living room floor, eating homemade meals in the kitchen, and cozy nights in my bedroom. A part of me was left behind in that house, like a child's ghost roaming the halls.
Some Kid
- Confusion
I'm honestly confused about what I'm doing in life. I'm an academically gifted kid, a kid who excels at the martial arts he trains in, a kid who loves video games, and someone who just lives a good life, but I cannot for the life of me decide what I am doing in life. I just don't know.
Suletta Mercury - Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury
My mother taught me, "If you run, you gain one. But if you more forward, you gain two." When you run, you gain one by not losing. But if you move forward, whether you win or lose, there are two things you gain. Experience and pride. Not to mention trust!
Lee Kuan Yew
- 1965 Response to CIA denial of $3.3 million bribe during 1960
If the Americans go on denying, I will have to disclose further details, which may sound like James Bond and Goldfinger, only not as good, but putrid and grotesque enough. If they continue denying it, I will play some of these tapes on Singapore radio. The Americans should know the character of the men they are dealing with in Singapore and not get themselves further dragged into calumny. You should not buy and sell this government.
Sheila Heti
- Pure Colour
After God created the heavens and the earth, he stood back to contemplate creation, like a painter standing back from the canvas. This is the moment we are living in - the moment of God standing back. Who knows how long it has been going on for? Since the beginning of time, no doubt. But how long is that? and for how much longer will it continue?
Peter A. Levine
- Trauma
Trauma is a fact of life. It does not, however, have to be a life sentence. Not only can trauma be healed, but with appropriate guidance and support, it can be transformative.
Severance
My mother was an atheist. She used to say there was good news and bad news about hell. The good news is, hell is just a product of a morbid human imagination. The bad news is, whatever humans can imagine, they can usually create.
Mcfodi
- Pressure
He stood amongst the warm beads of water falling on and around him. "What allowed me to achieve victory in the spelling bee?" he mumbled to the wall, "Only pure, unfiltered luck would gift me an easy spell like omphaloskepsis: the contemplation of one's belly button." He looked down, touching a finger to his own. "My only scar, physical at least. Plenty inside. Plenty in my head. Plenty caused by my parents. Constant pressure to compete. All I want is to settle and start a family; I'm thirty."
Damon Salvatore - The Vampire Diaries
- I'll be the one to keep her alive
Don't get me wrong, Stefan. I don't mind being the bad guy. I'll make all the life and death decisions, while you're busy worrying about collateral damage. I'll even let her hate me for it. But at the end of the day, I'll be the one to keep her ALIVE.
shark slayer
- true story
Its true, its true! And the other thing is, my sister had a baby and I took it over after she passed away and the baby lost all its legs and arms and now its just a stump but I take care of it with my wife and... and its growing and its fairly happy... and its difficult because I'm working a second shift at the factory to put food on the table but all the love that I see in that little guy's face it makes it worth it in the end. True story.
Some Kid
- Fate or Freewill
I sit around, pondering of my place in the world, and I simply do not understand it. Wondering if fate exists. Fate is simply just the illusion of free will, but free will is the illusion of luck. How did I become the one who I am today? It is such an unlikely chance, but I am here. It was my fate.
De Es
- The First Flight (Part 1)
I was being chased through the hallways of my old high school, an unknown threat approaching from behind. The adrenaline rush jacked my heart rate as I fled with panic. Past the classrooms, to the lunchroom, and arriving at the doors to the gymnasium, I throttled through the doors with all my weight and to my disbelief I was within a vast theater. Towering red curtains on the stage, elegant balcony seats with ivory trim. I turned around with no fear, aware I was dreaming, and began to fly.
You don't need to know my name.
- Getting older
Getting older is really just a lot more responsibility and schoolwork. I also have outside tutoring and all the homework and unfinished assignments, or schoolwork makes it harder to finish everything in time. So that's why you need a schedule. I'll try to finish all my homework from school on Monday after I go to tutoring. And the rest of the time. I finish my other homework. Just like that. I guess?
Good Omens
And the Lord spake unto the Angel that guarded the eastern gate, saying "Where is the flaming sword that was given unto thee?" And the Angel said, "I had it here only a moment ago, I must have put it down some where, forget my own head next." And the Lord did not ask him again.
Mcfodi
- Fraught With
"Fraught with" means filled with something undesirable, much like an unsightly anthill in the garden, a glimpse into the subterranean labyrinth fraught with fire ants. A mysterious superorganism lies beneath that mound of dirt, only revealing its tentacles when hungry. That is always, as the superorganism is fraught with hunger, always growing; expanding its influence to be a supercolony. Always growing, the lone queen laying hundreds of eggs per day. Always growing that mound in the garden.
Boonmee
- Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Last night, I dreamt of the future. I arrived there in a sort of time machine. The future city was ruled by an authority able to make anybody disappear. When they found "past people," they shone a light at them. That light projected images of them onto the screen. From the past, until their arrival in the future. Once those images appeared, these "past people" disappeared. I was afraid of being captured by the authorities because I had many friends in this future.
Andyweiler
- Arabic Keyboard
I'm trying to learn the Arabic keyboard. There's roughly the same amount of letters to memorize as in English. But learning everything over again is rough. I know all the letters, but I can't do it fluidly. I probably type at about 10 words per minute. And I could not be prouder.
Mr. Robot
- One To Blame
Five Nine didn't get rid of the invisible hand. It turned it into a fist that punched us in the dick. Like a botnet, the fear I've created is spreading so fast, it's practically airborne. It's swallowed us whole, digested us, and now we're stuck in its asshole, waiting to be dumped out. And while we're here? They're having their way with us. They've packaged the fight into product, turned our dissent into intellectual property, televising our revolution with commercial breaks.
Myself
- The Jelly Bean Metaphor: A Sweet and Sour Journey Through Life
Life is like a bag of jelly beans - you never know what you're gonna get. But just like how some jelly beans are sweet and bring joy, others are sour and cause distress, we must embrace both the good and the bad experiences in life. And in the end, it all balances out to form the unique and flavorful journey that is our existence. So, let us savor each moment, savor each jelly bean, and never take a single day for granted.
