emotions scrapbook (returned)
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a self-indulgent bot for various quotes i find emotionally affecting (aka Things Rob @plounce.bsky.social Likes). this is inherently embarrassing be nice.
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The fiddle must ever lament about it all in sad recollection. It is said that if only they who lived in the Golden Age could die, we might be happy, for the sad voices would be still. But alas, alas – they must sing and we must weep.
January 18, 2026 at 10:21 AM
The fiddle must ever lament about it all in sad recollection. It is said that if only they who lived in the Golden Age could die, we might be happy, for the sad voices would be still. But alas, alas – they must sing and we must weep.
It’s amazing to me how you are world-renowned as a poet, women falling all over themselves to get next to you, and I always feel closer to you through your prose. There’s a vulnerability there that makes me want to gather you in my arms and hold you.
January 18, 2026 at 9:52 AM
It’s amazing to me how you are world-renowned as a poet, women falling all over themselves to get next to you, and I always feel closer to you through your prose. There’s a vulnerability there that makes me want to gather you in my arms and hold you.
Ah, whatever. Just don’t feel like you have to lie to me, okay?
January 18, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Ah, whatever. Just don’t feel like you have to lie to me, okay?
When she plays the toy piano, woodland animals come round. Little birds sit on her shoulder wondering how she makes that sound.
January 18, 2026 at 8:47 AM
When she plays the toy piano, woodland animals come round. Little birds sit on her shoulder wondering how she makes that sound.
Kitty was a computer prodigy from suburban Chicago who could walk through walls. Illyana was a demon sorceress who'd spent half her life in the infernal dimension of Limbo, learning spells and having parts of her soul removed. Naturally, they were roommates.
January 18, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Kitty was a computer prodigy from suburban Chicago who could walk through walls. Illyana was a demon sorceress who'd spent half her life in the infernal dimension of Limbo, learning spells and having parts of her soul removed. Naturally, they were roommates.
The flowers she sent, and the flowers she said she sent, are all equally dead.
January 18, 2026 at 8:09 AM
The flowers she sent, and the flowers she said she sent, are all equally dead.
I've come to make an announcement: Shadow the Hedgehog's a bitch-ass motherfucker! He pissed on my fucking wife!
January 18, 2026 at 7:36 AM
I've come to make an announcement: Shadow the Hedgehog's a bitch-ass motherfucker! He pissed on my fucking wife!
Never in the history of man has a nation built up such an arsenal – with no war to follow. It’s gotta come.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Never in the history of man has a nation built up such an arsenal – with no war to follow. It’s gotta come.
It would be how he performed live too – venting and blood-letting on the stage.
January 18, 2026 at 6:27 AM
It would be how he performed live too – venting and blood-letting on the stage.
Sounds pretty sappy, if you ask me.
I suppose there are worse things.
I suppose there are worse things.
January 18, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Sounds pretty sappy, if you ask me.
I suppose there are worse things.
I suppose there are worse things.
He would not fall. The world went white behind his eyes but he would not go to ground. The blood continued to pour. The nobleman replaced his sword, remounted, rode on. It was only then that Inigo allowed the darkness to claim him.
January 18, 2026 at 5:15 AM
He would not fall. The world went white behind his eyes but he would not go to ground. The blood continued to pour. The nobleman replaced his sword, remounted, rode on. It was only then that Inigo allowed the darkness to claim him.
It’s a song you may sing if all hope is gone. And you’re like, “Oh, man, this sucks that all hope is gone. I liked it better when there was hope. Guess it’s too late to really be worrying about that now, though, and that’s what the whole meaning of the word gone is, isn’t it.”
January 18, 2026 at 4:37 AM
It’s a song you may sing if all hope is gone. And you’re like, “Oh, man, this sucks that all hope is gone. I liked it better when there was hope. Guess it’s too late to really be worrying about that now, though, and that’s what the whole meaning of the word gone is, isn’t it.”
So, friend, you die also. Why all this clamor about it? Patroklos also is dead, who was better by far than you are. Do you not see what a man I am?
January 18, 2026 at 4:06 AM
So, friend, you die also. Why all this clamor about it? Patroklos also is dead, who was better by far than you are. Do you not see what a man I am?
My father could not love, but believed he could, and that must be enough, because perhaps half the world feels that way.
January 18, 2026 at 3:31 AM
My father could not love, but believed he could, and that must be enough, because perhaps half the world feels that way.
In April, I open my bill.
In May, I sing night and day.
In June, I change my tune.
In July, far off I fly.
In August, I wait…
I’m a…
In May, I sing night and day.
In June, I change my tune.
In July, far off I fly.
In August, I wait…
I’m a…
January 18, 2026 at 2:55 AM
In April, I open my bill.
In May, I sing night and day.
In June, I change my tune.
In July, far off I fly.
In August, I wait…
I’m a…
In May, I sing night and day.
In June, I change my tune.
In July, far off I fly.
In August, I wait…
I’m a…
There is no saint without an audience.
January 18, 2026 at 2:20 AM
There is no saint without an audience.
Why’re you sitting in front of me?
Do I need a reason? I can sit wherever I want.
Fine. Guess I’ll go then…
Hey! Wait a second… were you just gonna leave without eating any of the veggies on your plate? You’re a picky eater, and I’m not! I win!
Do I need a reason? I can sit wherever I want.
Fine. Guess I’ll go then…
Hey! Wait a second… were you just gonna leave without eating any of the veggies on your plate? You’re a picky eater, and I’m not! I win!
January 18, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Why’re you sitting in front of me?
Do I need a reason? I can sit wherever I want.
Fine. Guess I’ll go then…
Hey! Wait a second… were you just gonna leave without eating any of the veggies on your plate? You’re a picky eater, and I’m not! I win!
Do I need a reason? I can sit wherever I want.
Fine. Guess I’ll go then…
Hey! Wait a second… were you just gonna leave without eating any of the veggies on your plate? You’re a picky eater, and I’m not! I win!
Offer God anything to bring your brother back. Know you have nothing God could possibly want. Curse God, but do not abandon Him.
January 18, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Offer God anything to bring your brother back. Know you have nothing God could possibly want. Curse God, but do not abandon Him.
A swallow made her nest. A snake crawled up to the nest to devour the brood. The mother fought at the snake, until he, wriggling and rearing his head, fell backward into the river and was drowned. Scarcely an hour passed until a shrike impaled the mother swallow on a thorn.
January 18, 2026 at 12:40 AM
A swallow made her nest. A snake crawled up to the nest to devour the brood. The mother fought at the snake, until he, wriggling and rearing his head, fell backward into the river and was drowned. Scarcely an hour passed until a shrike impaled the mother swallow on a thorn.
What do you even do without me, here?
Well, you know, I actually get work done, for one thing, and I – I think about how much better it is, not having to be alone.
Well, you know, I actually get work done, for one thing, and I – I think about how much better it is, not having to be alone.
January 18, 2026 at 12:06 AM
What do you even do without me, here?
Well, you know, I actually get work done, for one thing, and I – I think about how much better it is, not having to be alone.
Well, you know, I actually get work done, for one thing, and I – I think about how much better it is, not having to be alone.
Looking at any individual moment or being, it is difficult to tell whether a ghost is present. It is only when moments (or beings) are stacked upon each other that the ghosts begin to appear.
January 17, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Looking at any individual moment or being, it is difficult to tell whether a ghost is present. It is only when moments (or beings) are stacked upon each other that the ghosts begin to appear.
If anything, the biggest success in my life is somehow keeping you around all of these years.
January 17, 2026 at 10:57 PM
If anything, the biggest success in my life is somehow keeping you around all of these years.
There was pain coming and he had to get his brain prepared so that they could not break him. He would not let them break him. If they gave him sufficient time to make ready, he knew he could defeat pain. It turned out they gave him sufficient time.
But they broke him anyway.
But they broke him anyway.
January 17, 2026 at 10:21 PM
There was pain coming and he had to get his brain prepared so that they could not break him. He would not let them break him. If they gave him sufficient time to make ready, he knew he could defeat pain. It turned out they gave him sufficient time.
But they broke him anyway.
But they broke him anyway.
See the man that other men are compelled to follow. And among them I’ll always be first. Keep up with us if you can.
January 17, 2026 at 9:48 PM
See the man that other men are compelled to follow. And among them I’ll always be first. Keep up with us if you can.
The witch who stole my past… will not stop there. He would take from me my future as well.
(Of course. The left eye, too…)
I have not spoken of my condition to anyone. The state of my left eye is known only to us two.
(Of course. The left eye, too…)
I have not spoken of my condition to anyone. The state of my left eye is known only to us two.
January 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
The witch who stole my past… will not stop there. He would take from me my future as well.
(Of course. The left eye, too…)
I have not spoken of my condition to anyone. The state of my left eye is known only to us two.
(Of course. The left eye, too…)
I have not spoken of my condition to anyone. The state of my left eye is known only to us two.