[jp] joseph heller quote

Jan 15, 2009 20:10

Live forever or die in the attempt.Sometimes I wonder what good the dreams are ( Read more... )

hank - is emo, what - not happy drums, jp: challenges, just prompts

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deep_red_bells January 16 2009, 04:35:02 UTC
Oh, sweetheart. You found my drums.

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hank_callahan January 16 2009, 04:40:11 UTC
They need tuning...and you can't have 'em back. You're finally glowing.

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deep_red_bells January 16 2009, 04:41:41 UTC
I'm not asking for them back, I promise you. I just didn't want anyone else to find them.

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hank_callahan January 16 2009, 04:43:50 UTC
Eh. I'll find a place to stash 'em soon enough. Was thinking about picking up my guitar for a while since I won't be able to practice tomorrow. I'm going to a show, and I'm putting up some fliers after school.

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deep_red_bells January 16 2009, 04:53:41 UTC
I'm going to say something, and I really don't care what the Watchers or anyone else thinks of me for saying it.

I think, no matter how much I want to quit, I'm in this for life. Maybe not all the way. I don't know that I can ever be Summers, or hell, even Faith has a kind of crazy dedication to the job. But patrolling every night. Protecting the people that I love. That'll always be something I'll do, I think.

But dying for the world...I think I've found too much to live for. So what I have to say is this: neither one of us can put off on others what we aren't willing to do ourselves. We're always gonna be in the reserves and that's okay. But it's also okay not to feel like we're meant for the front lines, because if we're there, and our heart isn't in it one hundred percent? We're going to do more harm than good.

So if that's you, too? Hank, you're seventeen years old and I want you to see eighteen, and nineteen, and twenty five and thirty.

If you think you need to walk away? Then do it.

And that's all I have to say.

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hank_callahan January 16 2009, 16:12:53 UTC
I'm not stirring up shit, I'm being sincere: I like it when you forget you're not my mom. You're good at this shit.

I've never had a problem with being a Slayer. Slayers are heroes, and I never have believed that's what I am? But it's what I always wanted to be. I wanna be good enough, worthy enough for this thing I was born with. I love to fight, I throw my weight behind my patrols, and I don't back down from a fight 'cause I'm ready for it.

That's just it, though: I'm ready to fight, I'll fight all day and night. I'm just not ready to die.

I dunno if I'm gonna put these drums away any time soon, but I think they're back in tune. I think I feel a little better. Thanks, Bee.

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