Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great.” ― Roger de Bussy-Rabutin In high school Alex and Chance were young lovers. Chance always wanted to be a rock star but he didn't feel he could do that and be gay. Alex loved Chance and he believed... Continue Reading →
“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great.” ― Roger de Bussy-Rabutin In high school Alex and Chance were young lovers. Chance always wanted to be a rock star but he didn't feel he could do that and be gay. Alex loved Chance and he believed... Continue Reading →
“Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering.” – Honoré de Balzac Poor Ladder Rung, bless his heart, is not being the best brownie he should be, but he’s being the best he can be, which is the most anyone is capable of, brownie or not. He’s not... Continue Reading →
“Perhaps it is only human nature to inflict suffering on anything that will endure suffering.” – Honoré de Balzac Poor Ladder Rung, bless his heart, is not being the best brownie he should be, but he’s being the best he can be, which is the most anyone is capable of, brownie or not. He’s not... Continue Reading →
“How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.” -- Clarissa Pinkola Estes Having read all three of the books in... Continue Reading →
“How does one know if she has forgiven? You tend to feel sorrow over the circumstance instead of rage, you tend to feel sorry for the person rather than angry with him. You tend to have nothing left to say about it all.” -- Clarissa Pinkola Estes Having read all three of the books in... Continue Reading →
“Deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least expensive manipulation of all.” – Vernor Vinge Oh, Victor Bayne, how much do I love you? Apparently so much that I pretend you’re real and ask you if you know how much I love you. It’s been approximately two and a half years since... Continue Reading →
“Deception, when it works, is the most elegant and the least expensive manipulation of all.” – Vernor Vinge Oh, Victor Bayne, how much do I love you? Apparently so much that I pretend you’re real and ask you if you know how much I love you. It’s been approximately two and a half years since... Continue Reading →
“Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.” ― Leo Tolstoy Three years ago Brett Taylor had it all. Not only did he have his alter ego Brett Black, Country Western star, but he had Walt,... Continue Reading →
“Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.” ― Leo Tolstoy Three years ago Brett Taylor had it all. Not only did he have his alter ego Brett Black, Country Western star, but he had Walt,... Continue Reading →
“Nothing worthwhile is ever without complications.” ― Nora Roberts Ryan Borja is a freshman in college and the only real friend he has is his sister. One day he is asked for directions by the hottest man he has seen in ages. When Ryan talks to Brady he finds out he has a daughter, so... Continue Reading →
“Nothing worthwhile is ever without complications.” ― Nora Roberts Ryan Borja is a freshman in college and the only real friend he has is his sister. One day he is asked for directions by the hottest man he has seen in ages. When Ryan talks to Brady he finds out he has a daughter, so... Continue Reading →
“Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me; it longeth to find expression. A craving for love is within me, which speaketh itself the language of love.” – Friedrich Nietzsche I've previously read two books from this author that I absolutely loved, so I knew what I was getting myself in for when I started reading this... Continue Reading →
“Something unappeased, unappeasable, is within me; it longeth to find expression. A craving for love is within me, which speaketh itself the language of love.” – Friedrich Nietzsche I've previously read two books from this author that I absolutely loved, so I knew what I was getting myself in for when I started reading this... Continue Reading →
“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” ― Leopold Stokowski Ryunoski Nakimura, or Ru to his friends has had a rough time of it recently. At the ripe old age of seventeen Ru has already been at the top of the music industry. He has also been knocked down... Continue Reading →
“A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence.” ― Leopold Stokowski Ryunoski Nakimura, or Ru to his friends has had a rough time of it recently. At the ripe old age of seventeen Ru has already been at the top of the music industry. He has also been knocked down... Continue Reading →
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” ― Albert Camus Sometimes perspective is a concept that can only be gained after a situation becomes so desperate that it leaves you standing on the fringes of your own life looking at yourself, at how you’ve lived and... Continue Reading →
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” ― Albert Camus Sometimes perspective is a concept that can only be gained after a situation becomes so desperate that it leaves you standing on the fringes of your own life looking at yourself, at how you’ve lived and... Continue Reading →
“Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the love, the more the pain. Love itself is pain, you might say—the pain of being truly alive.” ― Joseph Campbell I love when the books I read come to life in my imagination, not in a... Continue Reading →
“Love is the burning point of life, and since all life is sorrowful, so is love. The stronger the love, the more the pain. Love itself is pain, you might say—the pain of being truly alive.” ― Joseph Campbell I love when the books I read come to life in my imagination, not in a... Continue Reading →
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.” ― Victor Hugo Let me begin with the fact that I'm not really a big fan of historicals, but have enjoyed other works by Eden Winters, so with trepidation, decided to give Duet a try. I figured I'd know within... Continue Reading →
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.” ― Victor Hugo Let me begin with the fact that I'm not really a big fan of historicals, but have enjoyed other works by Eden Winters, so with trepidation, decided to give Duet a try. I figured I'd know within... Continue Reading →
“Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated.” ― Marquis de Sade Ok, so you know how you read a book and there are two, maybe three story lines going on and it just doesn't work? Well, that isn't this book. Sara York and L.E. Franks not only made it... Continue Reading →
“Conversation, like certain portions of the anatomy, always runs more smoothly when lubricated.” ― Marquis de Sade Ok, so you know how you read a book and there are two, maybe three story lines going on and it just doesn't work? Well, that isn't this book. Sara York and L.E. Franks not only made it... Continue Reading →
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