![]() Author has written 55 stories for Bones, Castle, and Once Upon a Time. About me: I live in London, though I'm Portuguese by birth, by heart, by soul and destiny. There are five people in the world whose opinion of me I care about. You'd know if you were in that group. Some people I love have vanished. A great many others were given to me. My heart has a door but it refuses to close. I don't like petty, mean spirited people. If you don't like what I wrote, either help me improve it or move on. The little button is right that way. Don't make fun of me. That's pathetic. Remember Elbert Hubbard: "To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing!" You can find me on twitter under @caramelsymmetry. I'm trying to communicate more, to get more outside my head. No promises, though. If you want to talk, take something off your chest, or generally, just need someone to listen, be my guest. Email me. I'm a good listener. Thank you for visiting this space Much love Jane Bond And now, for the copy & paste section, so fashionable these days... Martin Niemoller “First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out— (forget about Germany in the 1930s and think about your life here!) Daniel Pennac - The right to not read, The right to skip pages, The right to not finish a book, The right to reread, The right to read anything, The right to "Bovary-ism," a textually-transmitted disease, The right to read anywhere, The right to sample and steal ("grappiller") The right to read out-loud, and, The right to be silent. " I am in competition with myself and loosing." Da minha lingua ve-se o mar! Uma língua é o lugar donde se vê o Mundo e em que Virgílio Ferreira Ser Poeta- Florbela Espanca Ser poeta é ser mais alto, é ser maior É ter de mil desejos o esplendor É ter fome, é ter sede de Infinito! E é amar-te, assim, perdidamente... Christmas 2012 Update Tal vez Navidad es que cada uno se diga A sí mismo y en voz muy baja el nombre De cada cosa, masticando las palabras Con mucho cuidado, con tal de percibir Todo su sabor, toda su consistencia. Tal vez es reposar los ojos en los objetos Cotidianos, para descubrir con sorpresa Que ya ni sabemos cómo son, de tanto mirarlos. Tal vez es un sentimiento, una ternura Que se apodera de todo, tal vez una sonrisa Inesperada en una esquina Y tal vez es todo eso y además la fuerza Para retomar el camino de cada día Cuando el misterio se haya desvanecido y todo Vuelve a ser triste y lejano y difícil". Miquel Martí i Pol |