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ladia2287

Do not repeat your voyage of discovery, or perhaps your bridal expectations may prove an egregious failure.

Beulah, by Augusta Wilson.

yobo

It is not by accident that we are discussing here Scott 319/320 and Scott 599/599A and 634/634A.

(Scott Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps & Covers)

AmberStarfire

"While numbers are the most common choice for array indices, there's another possibility [referring to associative arrays]."

~ PHP and MySQL: Novice to Ninja by Kevin Yank


Hazel

"He's from the ring."
Metro 2033

Lilias

'But, although he yearned for adventure, he wasn't a particularly adventurous child.'
~ Sherri Smith, The Children of Witches
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
~Wendell Berry

Double Os <> Double As (updated Feb 20) <> The Hoard <> 50 Tales 2024 <> The Lab <> ELLUIKI

Cyle

"There lies only death beyond the Burning Plain.

The Woman Who Loved Reindeer - Meredith Anne Pierce

Toral Stimins

'Ah! Yes Master, the manifest of our honoured yakshaka, sir.

Blood and Bone Ian C. Esslemont.

Loken

Terra, you're to easy, Garvi. Too easy. The look on your face!"

Dan Abnett Horus Rising

Valerian

"A Zeppelin raid," Bridget said authoritatively.

Life After Life, Kate Atkinson
"To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his due."
~ Ulpian, c. 530 CE

Lilias

'They are such pretty flowers, I grow them in my cutting garden.'
~ The Poison Diaries, Maryrose Wood
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
~Wendell Berry

Double Os <> Double As (updated Feb 20) <> The Hoard <> 50 Tales 2024 <> The Lab <> ELLUIKI

Cyle

French   : vendredi, m.  380

International Dictionary in 21 Languages - H.L. Ouseg

ExoticKarma

There are other examples of animals eating foods that impede their reproduction; however, they tend to be defense mechanism of the dietary product in question.

AmberStarfire

"In December, 2006, Wikileaks posted its first document..."

WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy by David Leigh and Luke Harding.


Valerian

"Ely recalled being treated by Winder 'with the utmost kindness and respect,' while Union officer Michael Corcoran later wrote that Winder did all in his power to make the prisoners 'as comfortable as possible.' "

~Southern Lady, Yankee Spy: The True Story of Elizabeth Van Lew, a Union Agent in the Heart of the Confederacy, by Elizabeth Varon
"To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his due."
~ Ulpian, c. 530 CE

Snapespersephone

So, working on the theory that the best defense is offense, I composed the following "Letter to Teachers from the Parent":

I Should Have Seen It Coming When The Rabbit Died Teresa Bloomingdale
A&A: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=191520.new#new updated 12/24/15
Ons/Offs: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=168435.0
Ideas: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=177456.msg8429651#msg8429651
Fort: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=169154.0
There is something wrong in life when my most dominate side is my muse, and she doesn't listen to me. She skips around doing her own thing and ignoring me.

Valerian

"In 1332, to promote further scholarship, Robert, with Sancia's approval, hired the accomplished scholar Paolo of Perugia to be keeper of the King's Library, at the munificent remuneration of 225 gold florins a year, and charged him with acquiring an extensive collection of manuscripts."

The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily, by Nancy Goldstone.
"To live honorably, to harm no one, to give to each his due."
~ Ulpian, c. 530 CE

avorae

"It was pretty bad."

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Life is a hard game but the rewards are sweet if you know where to look.

The Dark Raven

"No, for it was followed by a protestation of innocence."

~Sherlock Holmes, "The Boscombe Valley Mystery," The Complete Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes, A. Conan Doyle

Check my A/A | O/O | Patience is begged. Momma to Rainbow Babies and teetering toward the goal of published author. Tentatively taking new stories.

Kythia

"Nobody Else Around"

Iain M Banks (RIP), Excession
242037

Shewolf

'Matthew Clairmont.' His name caught in the back of my throat, just as the scent of cloves had the night before.

A discovery of Witches ~ Deborah Harkness

Rex33

"You don't have to blind me."-Karen, Goosebumps
The Return: I'm trying to make a return to this wonderful website. I have fond memories of it, only outside conflicts made me put my interactions with all the amazing people here on hold. Now, I think I can be back on for awhile.

I'm all for the ons and offs pages, but I think I would liketo interact with people for a longer time rather then just a quick look at their page.

AmberStarfire

"He was too specific, it was too vivid a vision."

~ Stormbringers, Philippa Gregory


Lilias

I had no idea how much time had passed since they'd knocked us out and bundled us into the back of the delivery van.

~Anthony Horowitz, Two of Diamonds
To go in the dark with a light is to know the light.
To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight,
and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings,
and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings.
~Wendell Berry

Double Os <> Double As (updated Feb 20) <> The Hoard <> 50 Tales 2024 <> The Lab <> ELLUIKI

AmberStarfire

"He does not like to be balked." (Referring to Stannis Baratheon)

~ A Dance with Dragons Part 1 by George R. R. Martin


Strmas53

"It ain't the Hamptons, but as my dad would say, it ain't cheesburgers."
Joyland, Stephen King
The Hunger never dies, sometimes it sleeps but it is always there.