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  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: The Great Grand Hall of Higher Fairness and Justice (p. 2)

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    Sep 7, 2008
  • Narrative Poetry Re: The murderer

    Hey, I don’t usually critique poetry. In fact, I rarely do, and instead come in here in secret never to write any review, lol. Poetry just scares me. But we ...

    Sep 7, 2008
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: The Great Grand Hall of Higher Fairness and Justice (p. 1) -

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    Sep 5, 2008
  • Randomosity Archive Re: Rate the Signature Above You [2]

    5/10 Does do.

    Sep 5, 2008
  • Historical Fiction Novels Re: Needles and Roses - Chap. 8

    KJ, Well, I don’t have much to say, but I, er, want this to somehow count as a review, you know? I do, lol. I considered writing paeans, actually, but ...

    Sep 1, 2008
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: there's a new version.

    Dream, Thanks, thanks, thanks. I guess there’s no sense in repeating what’s already been said, so - thanks again! Cheers, Esme

    Aug 30, 2008
  • Fantasy Short Stories Re: there's a new version.

    One Master Pillet, advocate of the prosecuted, fretfully nibbled at the remnants of a fingernail of his right hand pinkie, all the time watching the Mithrilan Great Grand Hall of ...

    Aug 30, 2008
  • Randomosity Archive Re: Rate the Avatar Above You! [3]

    2/10 I just - I don't know, it's not that I don't very very like it, I just, well, don't. And my brother has been bugging everyone for a turtle ...

    Aug 27, 2008
  • Randomosity Archive Re: Rate the Signature Above You [2]

    10/10 I love that song, and have recently taken to falling asleep with it on :)

    Aug 27, 2008
  • Fantasy Novels Re: Book 1 (prologue)

    blackfairiwings, First of all, hello, welcome to YWS! I hope you’ll like it here^^ It’s an awesome, awesome site, and I hope you’ll stay and keep posting (; But, to ...

    Aug 17, 2008
  • Historical Fiction Novels Re: ~Michelangelo's Night and Day~Chapter Nine

    Ahsley, So it’s been two months (well, now more, no?) since I’ve read MND? My, how time goes by… *Esme ponders on that fact for a moment. Quote: When I ...

    Aug 17, 2008
  • General Fiction Novels Re: An Apple and a Graveyard - Chap. 10

    KJ, Ello! *smiles. But, but, where’s Chapter Ten? Once more I was lost, and this time the portfolio tactic didn’t work. Lol. But then I went back. And actually read. ...

    Aug 16, 2008
  • General Fiction Short Stories Re: Lesser of Two Evils

    Sworddance, Again, that was an absolutely fantastic story, and I think one of my favorites on this site, and I’ve read a lot of amazing thing here : ) As ...

    Aug 16, 2008
  • General Fiction Novels Re: An Apple and a Graveyard - Chap. 9

    KJ - Chapter Nine! *** Quote: “All of my things aren’t exactly from the ‘living world stuff’ as you put it. Comma. Quote: I guess I should’ve explained. Guess I ...

    Aug 16, 2008
  • General Fiction Novels Re: An Apple and a Graveyard - Chap. 8

    KJ - More or less flawless chapter, so this will be really short. Quote: “Let’s stop here,” Caiden surprised me by saying. Sounds a little awkward to me, but it ...

    Aug 16, 2008


That's just what translation is, I think. That's all speaking is. Listening to the other and trying to see past your own biases to glimpse what they're trying to say. Showing yourself to the world, and hoping someone else understands.
— Ramy (Babel by R. F. Kuang)