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I've been reading
ilona_andrews excellent Kate Daniels' series -- and by 'been reading,' I mean 'Picked up the second book out from the library and promptly purchased books two and three the next day, and reread each in bursts of segments at least three times.' This has restored both my love of reading, of libraries, and of snarky first-person narratives all in one fell swoop. It makes me want to read more Archie Goodwin. It's been some time since I've indulged in Rex Stout.
quoth_the_ravyn has also given me a gentle kick in the direction of Patricia Briggs' Alpha and Omega series, and I'm enjoying them as well. It's an interesting world, but not suiting my current 1st person kick.
At any rate, one of the reasons I've decided to take a sledgehammer to the coat of ice encasing this LJ is because I want to start collecting quotes again.
This is the one which has been eating at my brain:
"I held that 'theoretically like a shield between me and Morrigan and Morfran. Few things are more frightening than the thought of your god coming to life. There is no such thing as privacy between a deity and its worshiper. There are no secrets, no glossed over failures. Only promises kept and abandoned, sins committed and imagined, and raw emotion. Love, fear, reverence. How many of us are ready to have our lives judged? What would happen if we are found wanting?"
-- Ilona Andrews, Magic Burns.
And this is the one most currently suited to my mood:
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true."
- Coth in Cabell, The Silver Stallion
I've work in about two hours, am really hoping that this new job opportunity will not just knock but actually follow through. I am currently debating between the Battle of the Paperwork or sitting down to do some work on 'Leather and Pearls' or Itachi or a Word of the Day or possibly those one sentences I'm almost almost finished with - I need to start making writing a part of my daily practice again.
And - to all of you who's very important events I have missed, Rashada, Lynn especially -- I'm very sorry. I wish you both utmost congratulations. I was in a very dark place, but now I am punching my way out, by grace. This isn't tacked on or me hoping to make it all better with a few words - I know I can't really do that. But I just want to let you know that I acknowledge and value you. That's about it.
ilona_andrews excellent Kate Daniels' series -- and by 'been reading,' I mean 'Picked up the second book out from the library and promptly purchased books two and three the next day, and reread each in bursts of segments at least three times.' This has restored both my love of reading, of libraries, and of snarky first-person narratives all in one fell swoop. It makes me want to read more Archie Goodwin. It's been some time since I've indulged in Rex Stout.
quoth_the_ravyn has also given me a gentle kick in the direction of Patricia Briggs' Alpha and Omega series, and I'm enjoying them as well. It's an interesting world, but not suiting my current 1st person kick.
At any rate, one of the reasons I've decided to take a sledgehammer to the coat of ice encasing this LJ is because I want to start collecting quotes again.
This is the one which has been eating at my brain:
"I held that 'theoretically like a shield between me and Morrigan and Morfran. Few things are more frightening than the thought of your god coming to life. There is no such thing as privacy between a deity and its worshiper. There are no secrets, no glossed over failures. Only promises kept and abandoned, sins committed and imagined, and raw emotion. Love, fear, reverence. How many of us are ready to have our lives judged? What would happen if we are found wanting?"
-- Ilona Andrews, Magic Burns.
And this is the one most currently suited to my mood:
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true."
- Coth in Cabell, The Silver Stallion
I've work in about two hours, am really hoping that this new job opportunity will not just knock but actually follow through. I am currently debating between the Battle of the Paperwork or sitting down to do some work on 'Leather and Pearls' or Itachi or a Word of the Day or possibly those one sentences I'm almost almost finished with - I need to start making writing a part of my daily practice again.
And - to all of you who's very important events I have missed, Rashada, Lynn especially -- I'm very sorry. I wish you both utmost congratulations. I was in a very dark place, but now I am punching my way out, by grace. This isn't tacked on or me hoping to make it all better with a few words - I know I can't really do that. But I just want to let you know that I acknowledge and value you. That's about it.