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A trampled rose Roots intact Cries Survives.
Despite all of the horrors of the world, I feel at my saddest when I see an old person on the tube or bus wearing shoes but no socks. I can't explain why this makes me so sad. They seem happy.
Letting your kids get morbidly obese is child abuse. If a child turned up to class so thin that they were sick, social services would be contacted. The child would cared for and nursed back to health. Children that are so fat that they a…
I once asked a philosophy professor, 'Can you give me one clear cut example of what differentiates humans from other animals?' She replied 'The ability to reflect on poetry.' 'Fair enough' I said. The value of writing seems to be obvious…
Do you write for yourself, or for your audience? Would you still write if there was nobody there to read?
I wonder, how many people would be willing to read an Opuss that is over 1000 words? This is, after all, supposed to be a community that loves the written word...
Be a yes-person. In life, you tend to only regret the things that you didn't do, not the things that you did. One of the most frustrating things to hear after you tell some friends about a trip or an achievement is: 'I'd love to do that!…
Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering ex…
Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right. - Henry Ford
Writing is hard.
I'd rather live with a good question than a bad answer. - Aryeh Frimer
Here’s an interesting game to play with a group of friends: ask each person for the oldest and youngest ages that they would consider for a relationship with a partner. The age of the participant obviously affects the boundaries, but you m…
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. - Benjamin Franklin
The line between information consumer and information producer has become firstly blurred and then completely abolished by social media. This means that you end up reading a load of rubbish. But not as much as you produce.
Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work. - Chuck Close
Did you know that the UK has over a million children in school with a lifelong illness. After working with children with serious heart conditions for over three years, I decided to write a story, making a teenager with a disability the hero…
What have a shark and a lemon got in common? They can both swim. Except for the lemon.
First off, I'm sorry. I know that the London riots of last year have already been analysed and overanalysed to death. I'm getting sick of the left wing justifications. I'm getting sick of the right wing condemnations. But most of all - and …
This is the first chapter of a book I'm writing about a teenager with a serious heart condition. He discovers some mysterious activity in an abandoned house across the fields, and sets out with his friends to investigate. Kinda long, but I'…
OK, so this one isn’t for the feint-hearted or the weak-stomached. Best to leave your emotions in a jar by your computer, and try and read this with as open a mind as possible. If any of these concepts might offend you: incest, bestiality, …
Ever tried? Ever failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. - Samuel Beckett