aaron burr: fools who run their mouths off wind up dead
aaron burr: if you talk you’re gonna get SHOT
aaron burr: soon that attitude may be your doom
alexander hamilton: burr?? SHOOTING ME??? i really didn’t see that coming??
I like the idea of being able to see the needle of the compass move around as my soul mate goes to the grocery store maybe thousands of miles away.
I like the idea of people taking a year off work to follow the little needle hoping that if they keep going they can find there other half.
Imagine widows whose compass needles are grey and broken and spin around and around continuously looking for there other half.
Imagine aromantic’s whose needle points at themselves or don’t have one at all or maybe they do but its blue and points at there friends when there close by.
Imagine polyamourous people with 2 or 3 needles on there compass and there big decision is trying to figure out which one to follow first.
Imagine parents worriedly looking at there childs compass that spins around day in and day out and they breathe a sigh of relief the day it stops spinning and starts pointing with determination to some hospital somewhere.
Imagine people going to shake hands and realizing that there needles are pointing diligently at each other and just laughing and smiling awkwardly at each other.
Imagine a being able to watch your needle move and follow someone who you love, who you never met, who you vow to one day meet.
recommend me a novel or short story collection (or several!) that you love/that changed your life/etc. etc. I’m loading up a shopping cart online with used books and I want more more more and I trust your taste.
The Twice-Lived Summer of Bluebell Jones, by Susie Day Fangirl, by Rainbow Rowell Rivers of London (American title: Midnight Riot), by Ben Aaronovitch Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, by Christopher Moore To Say Nothing of the Dog, by Connie WIllis White Cat, by Holly Black The Knife of Never Letting Go, by Patrick Ness Feeling Sorry for Celia, by Jaclyn Moriarty
Off the top of my head!
Second on Lamb, it’s brilliant.
Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell
The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Ella Minnow Pea, by Mark Dunn
The Secret History, by Donna Tartt
Pattern Recognition, by Wlliam Gibson
From Hell, by Alan Moore (it’s a graphic novel)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
White Teeth by Zadie Smith (not related! ;))
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
A Rose in Winter by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (yeah, it’s old school romance)
I loved Ella Minnow Pea!
I’m a scifi person so:
The Nine Billion Names of God – Arthur C Clarke
The Martian Chronicles – Ray Bradbury
Time Enough for Love – Robert Heinlein
Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card
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