Life, that can shower you with so much splendour, is unremittingly cruel to those who have given up. Thank the gods there is such a thing as redemption, the redemption that comes in the form of other people the moment you are prepared to believe that they exist. - Stephen FryHe hadn't been home from work for more than fifteen minutes, but he was ( Read more... )

(For Katie's pb, just imagine her younger. Thanks.)

I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower's stem." - Diana GabaldonA small, wiry six year old boy crept out into the living room. His steps were tentative. His hair was a messy mop on his head. His ( Read more... )

(Anna = hitchhiker_girl, used with permission. Set sometime after she comes home.)

I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand and the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep and there are no words for that. ~Brian AndreasHe couldn' ( Read more... )