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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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She was struck with a kind of panic. Someone’s going to take her away from me. The thought came out of nowhere and was followed by an urgent denial. No.
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
She was struck with a kind of panic. Someone’s going to take her away from me. The thought came out of nowhere and was followed by an urgent denial. No.
My body, that invisible body that girls keep.
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 AM
My body, that invisible body that girls keep.
I’ve developed this abhorrent habit lately of finding excuses to touch him. When we argue, when we get along, I want to get closer. Truthfully, it really bothers me, this loss of control.
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I’ve developed this abhorrent habit lately of finding excuses to touch him. When we argue, when we get along, I want to get closer. Truthfully, it really bothers me, this loss of control.
bathe in the glory that is sweet pea a.k.a. sweat pea a.k.a. sweet peter a.k.a. sneaky pete. a.k.a. dog navarro a.k.a. little brittle a.k.a. goddamnit stop licking the fucking couch!
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
bathe in the glory that is sweet pea a.k.a. sweat pea a.k.a. sweet peter a.k.a. sneaky pete. a.k.a. dog navarro a.k.a. little brittle a.k.a. goddamnit stop licking the fucking couch!
What you are destroying is us, doing something that will overwhelm our history, a single action which if you bring it down on us will obliterate the whole story which precedes it!
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
What you are destroying is us, doing something that will overwhelm our history, a single action which if you bring it down on us will obliterate the whole story which precedes it!
You could just tell me things instead of insinuating them.
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
You could just tell me things instead of insinuating them.
Any secrets you’re enough of a cliche to have are safe with an old civil servant like me who doesn't care. But if this job teaches one thing, it's pattern recognition. Or triage, possibly. He seems willing to do reckless things for you – and that’s something I have seen before.
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Any secrets you’re enough of a cliche to have are safe with an old civil servant like me who doesn't care. But if this job teaches one thing, it's pattern recognition. Or triage, possibly. He seems willing to do reckless things for you – and that’s something I have seen before.
Oh… it’s going to be a long night. Let’s share the torment, shall we…? Struggle all you wish – I encourage it! Your death will be all the sweeter…
November 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Oh… it’s going to be a long night. Let’s share the torment, shall we…? Struggle all you wish – I encourage it! Your death will be all the sweeter…
We have all hurt someone tremendously, whether by intent or accident. We have all loved someone tremendously, whether by intent or accident. It is an intrinsic human trait, and a deep responsibility, I think, to be an organ and a blade.
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 AM
We have all hurt someone tremendously, whether by intent or accident. We have all loved someone tremendously, whether by intent or accident. It is an intrinsic human trait, and a deep responsibility, I think, to be an organ and a blade.
Branches bend over like a terror, the sun is darkened, the white wind and the sun and the curling wave cradle the coral shore and the tall forest.
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Branches bend over like a terror, the sun is darkened, the white wind and the sun and the curling wave cradle the coral shore and the tall forest.
I'll take care of you.
But who will I take care of?
Well, did you hear yourself? Did you hear what you just said, kiddo?
I didn't mean that.
Oh, I just heard a door open that's been stuck a long time!
But who will I take care of?
Well, did you hear yourself? Did you hear what you just said, kiddo?
I didn't mean that.
Oh, I just heard a door open that's been stuck a long time!
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I'll take care of you.
But who will I take care of?
Well, did you hear yourself? Did you hear what you just said, kiddo?
I didn't mean that.
Oh, I just heard a door open that's been stuck a long time!
But who will I take care of?
Well, did you hear yourself? Did you hear what you just said, kiddo?
I didn't mean that.
Oh, I just heard a door open that's been stuck a long time!
The rains have ceased, and we have been graced with another beautiful day. But you are not here to see it.
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The rains have ceased, and we have been graced with another beautiful day. But you are not here to see it.
As much as you may care about any of us, any of this, I know you’d trade it all in a heartbeat if you could have your parents back. And I’ve never really admitted this to anyone, but I don’t think I would. I don’t think I’m ready to see your face if I told you that.
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 AM
As much as you may care about any of us, any of this, I know you’d trade it all in a heartbeat if you could have your parents back. And I’ve never really admitted this to anyone, but I don’t think I would. I don’t think I’m ready to see your face if I told you that.
It felt like illness, but it was only existence.
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It felt like illness, but it was only existence.
Her world is shattered by the leaving of one integral to her life. She is very passionate toward the person leaving, because he’s the only way for her to feel passion. That’s why she clings on to him as her last resort.
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Her world is shattered by the leaving of one integral to her life. She is very passionate toward the person leaving, because he’s the only way for her to feel passion. That’s why she clings on to him as her last resort.
Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies, take it easy. When he leaves me, please be my guest to whatever I might've left in his kitchen cupboards, in the back of his bathroom cabinets.
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Ladies, ladies, ladies, ladies, take it easy. When he leaves me, please be my guest to whatever I might've left in his kitchen cupboards, in the back of his bathroom cabinets.
Every day he found disappointment, and every day he tried again, buoyed by that grand romance of his own imagination, as the other knit shut the optimist’s wound with careful hands.
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Every day he found disappointment, and every day he tried again, buoyed by that grand romance of his own imagination, as the other knit shut the optimist’s wound with careful hands.
Before cutting any branch from an elder tree, one must say “Owd Gal, give me of thy wood, an’ Oi will give some of moine, when I grows inter a tree.”
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Before cutting any branch from an elder tree, one must say “Owd Gal, give me of thy wood, an’ Oi will give some of moine, when I grows inter a tree.”
Patroklos! Him I’ll never forget, while I’m still among the living, my limbs still quick and active! And though men forget the dead in the realm of Hades, yet even there I’ll remember my dear comrade.
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Patroklos! Him I’ll never forget, while I’m still among the living, my limbs still quick and active! And though men forget the dead in the realm of Hades, yet even there I’ll remember my dear comrade.
Why so obtuse? Always so obtuse… Don’t you understand? I won’t be widowed. Not that too.
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Why so obtuse? Always so obtuse… Don’t you understand? I won’t be widowed. Not that too.
That’s why I can never forgive him for deciding that I had to live. If I forgive him, we might get close again.
November 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
That’s why I can never forgive him for deciding that I had to live. If I forgive him, we might get close again.
Ha! That’s almost poetic there.
All the better. I’m rather fond of poetry… and I intend to hear this one through to the very end.
All the better. I’m rather fond of poetry… and I intend to hear this one through to the very end.
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Ha! That’s almost poetic there.
All the better. I’m rather fond of poetry… and I intend to hear this one through to the very end.
All the better. I’m rather fond of poetry… and I intend to hear this one through to the very end.
The stretch of road that leads out of the city, past Hazy Harbor and into the town of Tedia, is perhaps the most unpleasant in the world. It is called Lousy Lane.
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The stretch of road that leads out of the city, past Hazy Harbor and into the town of Tedia, is perhaps the most unpleasant in the world. It is called Lousy Lane.
It’s especially emotional this anniversary, because recently we did not exist for a brief period. Then we both did exist again, but I had forgotten about our entire life together. I have since remembered and it has been especially tender between us.
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It’s especially emotional this anniversary, because recently we did not exist for a brief period. Then we both did exist again, but I had forgotten about our entire life together. I have since remembered and it has been especially tender between us.
He has his life. And he will tell himself, in the morning, that he’s perfectly happy with it.
He will tell himself that in the morning.
For now, he just tucks his arms around himself and tries not to think.
He will tell himself that in the morning.
For now, he just tucks his arms around himself and tries not to think.
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
He has his life. And he will tell himself, in the morning, that he’s perfectly happy with it.
He will tell himself that in the morning.
For now, he just tucks his arms around himself and tries not to think.
He will tell himself that in the morning.
For now, he just tucks his arms around himself and tries not to think.