Nothin’g sa’ys q’uality fantas’y l’ike misuse’d apos’tro’phes. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Fantasy, Humor, Writing, 0 James Nicoll Copy
Romeo and Juliet *died*. I always liked that in a teen romance story. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Death, Irony, Romance, 0 James Nicoll Copy
Never bring a gun to a fight where the other guy has a time-machine and tomorrow’s newspapers. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Consequences, Power, Strategy, 0 James Nicoll Copy
I can’t help but notice that everytime I fly somewhere, other people’s planes fall out of the sky. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Coincidence, Fear, Observation, 0 James Nicoll Copy
My grandfather for example only died twice, once during the war and once in the 1980s. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Mortality, Resilience, War, 0 James Nicoll Copy
It’s bad to wake up and see a large cat in mid-leap from the rough vicinity of the ceiling. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Fear, Surprise, Uncertainty, 0 James Nicoll Copy
Whenever I find my will to live becoming too strong, I read Peter Watts Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Dark, Existentialism, Literature, 0 James Nicoll Copy
My father once discovered that one cannot “walk off” gangrene. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Family, Health, Resilience, 0 James Nicoll Copy
You may have trouble getting permission to aero or lithobrake asteroids on Earth. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Permission, 0 James Nicoll Copy
Deadly nightshade is the only plant I have ever been able to get to grow for me. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Growth, Persistence, Success, 0 James Nicoll Copy
About Antrax by Terry Brooks: I wonder if he’s planning a book called SRS? Or F’lu? Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Fantasy, Humor, Speculation, 0 James Nicoll Copy
I don’t mind hidden depths but I insist that there be a surface. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, James Nicoll, Appearance, Balance, Depth, 0 James Nicoll Copy
Don’t shine so that others can see you. Shine so that through you, others can see HIM. Read explanation C. S. Lewis Novelist · Ireland
It is not by spectacular achievements that man can be transformed, but by will. Henrik Ibsen Playwright · Norway
