John Harned

“Nhưng thành phố không vận hành bằng mơ ước, nó vận hành bằng tiền.”

“To look upon her face is to understand grace, a quiet divinity sculpted into the very lines of her mouth and the arch of her brow. It is a peace that promises sanctuary. But that promise is the most beautiful lie I have ever known, for behind the serenity of her gaze lies an unbound storm, a glorious, predatory fire that consumes everything it touches..."
          - Andros K.

“The most powerful emotions are often the ones left unsaid.”
          - Andros K.

“our progenitors, our educational systems, the land, the media, the way they have deluded and misled the masses: they have been defeated by the aridity of the actual dream. they were unaware that achievement or victory or luck or whatever the hell you want to call it must have its defeats.”
          ― Charles Bukowski

“All that shit they were fed about democracy and opportunity was just to keep them from burning down the palace.”
          ― Charles Bukowski

“you must some day die for nothing as I have lived.”
          - Charles Bukowski

Maybe I don’t want love.
          
          Maybe I don’t wish to be loved.
          
          Maybe I don’t want the love of a man. Maybe it gets boring after a while. Maybe I want my life back, on my terms.
          
          Would I prefer a familiar hell over an unknown heaven?
          
          I need a drink.
          
          Two teenage girls strode around in dark hoodies and baggy pants. They reminded me of a cousin who has cut contact with me. Or me with her? I can’t quite remember. Something, sometimes, anger and pride got in the way. They always did. Some insults that could never be taken back. And bam, two sisters who never spoke to each other again.
          
          Good riddance. I think.
          
          My brooding, dashing man. You will be no different from me if I drop you into a meaningless world. At best, you’ll be a flickering light, never truly living up to your potential.
          
          But we always have a choice, don’t we?
          
          I wish to drink. With nobody but myself. I hate the talks, the insecurities, the old demons. The loud egos. The vileness.

“Some men may fight for wealth, but others fight simply for the sake of their tomorrow.”
          - @HPlus-z3u

"I'll say one thing about an oil boom; it will teach a kid that Life's a pretty rotten thing as quick as anything I can think of."
          —Robert E. Howard

“It is escape fiction wherein one escapes clear out of the real world into one where all men are strong, all women beautiful, all life adventurous, and all problems simple, and nobody even mentions the income tax or the dropout problem or socialized medicine.”
          - L. Sprague de Camp