It seemed weird calling a teenager 'sir' but I'd learned to be careful with immortals. They tended to get offended easily. Then, they blew stuff up. Jul 02, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. Jul 02, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I have a high pain threshold. In fact, it's more of a large and tastfully decorated foyer than a threshold. But I do get easily bored Jul 02, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed," but most of us would say something more along the lines of, "Aaaaaa! My arm! My arm! Jul 02, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends. Jul 02, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Technically, I am unarmed. But no one should ever underestimate the harm that fingernails can do. Especially if the target is unprepared. Jul 02, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
I told Augustus the broad outline of my miracle: diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer when I was thirteen. (I didn’t tell him that the diagnosis came three months after I got my first period. Like: Congratulations! You’re a woman. Now die.) Jul 02, 2024 - Fabian Biese>
Hey, Rosalie? Do you know how to drown a blonde? Stick a mirror to the bottom of a pool. Jul 02, 2024 - Fabian Biese>