Waiting required a future to wait for: a falsehood. I know now that there is only now. I remember things that happened months (or what is years?) ago: old -worn-out nows. The future happens, but it is always shaped from a series of nows.
I feel strangely free at such times. To behave properly is to be always courteous, always clever, and subtle and elegant. But now, when I am so alone… - Kij Johnson
I feel strangely free at such times. To behave properly is to be always courteous, always clever, and subtle and elegant. But now, when I am so alone…
- Kij Johnson
Because if something does go wrong, you'll need what you're feeling to matter, to someone somewhere, anyway. - Kij Johnson
Because if something does go wrong, you'll need what you're feeling to matter, to someone somewhere, anyway.
Waiting required a future to wait for: a falsehood. I know now that there is only now. I remember things that happened months (or what is years?) ago… - Kij Johnson
Waiting required a future to wait for: a falsehood. I know now that there is only now. I remember things that happened months (or what is years?) ago…
Cats have a sort of game they play when they meet. A player alternates between watching the strange cat and ignoring her, grooming or examining every… - Kij Johnson
Cats have a sort of game they play when they meet. A player alternates between watching the strange cat and ignoring her, grooming or examining every…
Happiness is the pleasantest of emotions; because of this, it is the most dangerous. Having once felt happiness, one will do anything to maintain it,… - Kij Johnson
Happiness is the pleasantest of emotions; because of this, it is the most dangerous. Having once felt happiness, one will do anything to maintain it,…
Adventures are what happens when an event is flawed, a mark of imperfection. - Kij Johnson
Adventures are what happens when an event is flawed, a mark of imperfection.
We ascribe meanings because it is our nature to do so..We can no more see a thing without searching for a meaning than we can see a snag in a robe wi… - Kij Johnson
We ascribe meanings because it is our nature to do so..We can no more see a thing without searching for a meaning than we can see a snag in a robe wi…
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