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About Scheherazade85
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Marcel Proust, Henry Miller, Hunter S. Thompson, Emily Dickinson, Erica Jong, Oscar Wilde, Cormack McCarthy, Jane Austen, Ayn Rand
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Swann's Way
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expeditionary
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Philippines
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Becoming.
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"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." -Samuel Johnson

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Basketcase

by Scheherazade85 on 03-28-2011 at 09:08 PM
Just when you thought that the brick wall has hardened and has become impervious from a tiny prick, you discover that the brick is a mere cardboard, revealing a hollow interior from where all the strong emotions emanate. Then, an unforeseen blow maims you.

There’s no place I’d rather be than the office—the mundane routines, the inanities of call-taking, the shallow conversations, the dullness of the computer screen. It’s the most comfortable blanket that I could find.

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The Beloved

by Scheherazade85 on 03-15-2011 at 02:16 AM
Aging with restlessness

I was fooled by my years

Nothing comes after the waiting

Waiting is all there is.



“How dare you accuse your father?”

Jesus said with contempt

I could still taste his spit

It was cold and sweet.



I turned to the man next to me

“Sir, how come I have nothing on me? Where am I?”

His eyes with the

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Updated 03-15-2011 at 02:19 AM by Scheherazade85

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a blissful rumination

by Scheherazade85 on 02-27-2011 at 09:20 AM
Nothing is ever that good.

When the heart accepts that, one is truly happy. Grateful, even.

Reminds me of Descartes: We can only approach the state of perfection. And never, ever reach it.

Hence, once can only go as far as happily verging upon.
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Isn't it great

by Scheherazade85 on 01-08-2011 at 05:07 AM


We can only verge upon.

Nothing more.
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Vonnegut's Game

by Scheherazade85 on 01-08-2011 at 05:02 AM

- from Cat's Cradle


And I remembered The Fourteenth Book of Bokonon, which I had read in its entirety the night before. The Fourteenth Book is entitled, "What Can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?"

It doesn't take long to read The Fourteenth Book. It consists of one word and a period.

This is it:

"Nothing."

Updated 01-08-2011 at 05:05 AM by Scheherazade85

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