History, lie of our lives, mire of our loins. Our sins, our souls. Hiss-tih-ree: the tip of the pen taking a trip of three steps (with one glide) down the chronicle to trap a slick, sibilant character. Hiss. (Ss.) Tih. Ree. He was a pig, a plain pig, in the morning, standing five feet ten on one hoof. He was a pig in slacks. He was a pig in school. He was a pig on the dotted line. But in my eyes it’s always the ones signing dotted lines that become pigs. Did this pig have a precursor? He did, indeed he did. In point of fact, dating all the way back to the Biblical Age. Oh where? About everywhere you look there's pigs giving that fancy ol’ snake a chase. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you can always count on a fuckin’ pretentious sarcastican for a fancy prose style.
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In doing so, would he sha... FRANCINE RIVERS She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I am often asked how it is that I am able to value people to such a deep degree. Apparently, I exhib... C. JOYBELL C. Well, you can't know it without something having been sneezed. A.A. 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They just want you to move past it; not to dwell... JUSTIN PYFROM The Doktor was an old man. When he was a kid, his Dad bought him a chemistry set. He never played wi... CHRISTINA ENGELA Nice, Dex,” she sneered. “You couldn’t wait to get in her pants, could you? You’re a pig.”... KARINA HALLE Like a deep sad note played beneath the ocean waving through the orb the memories of ... PAWAN MISHRA A happy clown inside spat out a pig-in-a-blanket and yelled at the cute waitress holding the tray. �... BRUCE CROWN Smith stated that he was a 'pig,' that all the drugs were for himself and that he was aware of the p... FRANK LOMBARDO Thought I’d send this with Pig anyway. Harry stared at the word “Pig,” then looked up at the t... J.K. ROWLING I want a pig. I want a pig on a leash. A baby pig on a leash. KESHA the room of the spirit is the mind and the seat of the spirit is the heart. What we give room to muc... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH He brings the greatest conflict into the history of mankind. He will come soon to our world just lik... TOBA BETA She would tuck Sam into her heart, a bright light for her to take out whenever things were darkest. SARAH J. MAAS My nursery school did a production of 'The Three Little Pigs.' I played the third pig. When ... ZOOEY DESCHANEL Love is a growing, or full constant light, And his first minute, after noon, is night. JOHN DONNE I knew I wasn't buying a pig in a poke. I knew how good he was. SIDNEY LUMET It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing the... DAISAKU IKEDA She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. Sh... VLADIMIR NABOKOV She was Lo, plain Lo, in the morning, standing four feet ten in one sock. She was Lola in slacks. Sh... VLADIMIR NABOKOV Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full. 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A young pig was shut up in a fold-yard with a Goat and a Sheep. ... AESOP Oh my God, that was a religious experience, ... In the words of Homer Simpson, the pig is a magical ... ANTHONY BOURDAIN He had what he called just a small ration of tools: A painted book. A handful of pencils.<... MARKUS ZUSAK Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH If Stephen King was a killer, he will be the best killer ever existed, check out his novels, check o... DEYTH BANGER They must be looking everywhere for you," said Tawny, stretching out her wings to their full span - ... SUZY DAVIES They must be looking everywhere for you," said Tawny, stretching out her wings to their full span - ... SUZY DAVIES Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened t... GEORGE ORWELL Oh happy day! A day to make a hay! And when it is mid-day, think about the day! And when you think a... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Imagine life as a game, a game that is filled with obstacles and hazards to overcome but sometimes y... GARY F EVANS... One's ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I thought I would write a love letter. But then, I wrote a book." - Suzy Davies, on "Johari's Window SUZY DAVIES The Dream of a Queer Fellow I write the words again and they appear doubly pregnant with meaning. It... JOHN MIDDLETON MURRY If you have read this far in the chronicle of the Baudelaire orphans - and I certainly hope you have... LEMONY SNICKET How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS When a child dies, a parent loses a part of themselves,” he said. “Your whole world ceases to ex... NICOLE WILLIAMS The mightiest power of death is not that it can make people die, but that it can make the people you... FREDRIK BACKMAN Closed eyes, heart not beating, but a living love. AVIS COREA But we have received a sign, Edith - a mysterious sign. A miracle has happened on this farm... in th... E.B. WHITE Oh, we're just taking care of our pig. LIZA TICHENOR As Romeo Irving reminded me of a pig who has been taught to play the fiddle. He did it cleverly, but... ELLEN TERRY Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. I watched him even then as he fell, his face undefeated, his eyes still proud NEIL GAIMAN Absoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I'd say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty. BRIAN JACQUES Arguing with a teenager is like wrestling with a pig in the mud...sooner or later you realize the pi... FRANCIS SKRENES He rambled. Oh boy, did he ramble. He rambled in a way that was nothing but a bunch o... ALYSON NOEL Never wrestle with a pig. You both get all dirty, and the pig likes it. UNKNOWN His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING God didn't do that! You did it. You're a fucking narcotics agent! I was on to your stinking act from... FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS To the stars, on the wings of a pig. JOHN STEINBECK Weird makes you truly sexy in a way the world can never know. CRAIG GROESCHEL in these shitty plastic days ... GILLIAN FLYNN In a generation of swine, the one-eyed pig is king. HUNTER S. THOMPSON Beaming into the thick of a tree without becoming a lifelong tree hugger was a tricky business. A pr... CHRISTINA ENGELA A person of value have skill, a vision & a deep desire to achieve what they dream for. Happiness com... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA A man of guilt acknowledges and changes himself immediately on being hinted slightly about his fault... ANUJ SOMANY
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BRIAN TRACY I'm often accused of being ahead of my time, but it's simply not true. The truth is that eve... BRIAN ENO When I was 11, I played the part of Rumpelstiltskin, and my teacher told me I would make a great act... BRIAN BLESSED People talk about the difference between radio acting, TV acting and stage acting, but I think it... BRIAN BLESSED My father was a coal hewer from Goldthorpe, a coal-mining village in South Yorkshire. He played for ... BRIAN BLESSED Life is a re-discovery. BRIAN BLESSED I wasn't good at examinations, but I went to a very good secondary school - Bolton-on-Dearne - w... BRIAN BLESSED My parents were so proud when I got a scholarship to go to theatre school - it was unheard of that a... BRIAN BLESSED I love Scotland - I was made an honorary Wallace after my work on 'Braveheart,' you know. If... BRIAN BLESSED