At the foot of each palm tree a narrow tank is dug that contains water to irrigate the tree; an ingenious system of sluices, which the child explained to be by putting them into action, controls the water, leading it where the thirst is excessive.
-The Immoralist, Andre Gide
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Mirage (ON HOLD for revision)
Ficción GeneralI have tied myself to people, giving them myself in whole and in parts to set my heart on fire and feel alive. But now I have nothing left but smoke from the fire now gone, suffocating me from the inside. Caring is, by far, the fastest way to die. B...