"I'm calling you a killer. A natural born killer. You always have been, and you always will be. Moving to El Paso, working in a used record store, goin' to the movies with Tommy, clipping coupons. That's you, trying to disguise yourself as a worker bee That's you tryin' to blend in with the hive. But you're not a worker bee. You're a renegade ( Read more... )

"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude." -- Friedrich Nietzsche

She can feel the seconds of the clock ticking away like it's a heartbeat drumming against her chest. It hurts though there is nothing there, but it's a comfort -- a reason. An annoying reason if only because now she has a song stuck in her head and it's one of ( Read more... )

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve. -- Tao Te Ching

There's a war coming, she says and you look at her and you nod. You know, you can feel it, deep in your bones. You can feel the tendrils of oily black smoke winding through your ( Read more... )

we won't stop until somebody calls the cops
and even then we'll start again and just pretend that
nothing ever happened

"The girl was shaking. Brown hair that wasn't really brown, but almost reddish hung limply around her face, like it was still wet from a hot shower ( Read more... )

Doesn't matter how hard I try
Half the words don't mean a thing
And I know that I wont be satisfied
So why try ignoring him

"Ava? Ava are you okay?"

The girl looked at Ava in concern. She was sweet, sort of mousy, with long brown hair that just kind of hung there. Mind reading, that was her kick. Only her little mind reading trick didn't work on the ( Read more... )