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• Pen

  By aaforringer on January 15, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  A writer uses a pen instead of a scalpel or blow torch.   Michael Ondaatje   Philip Michael Ondaatje  (born 12 September 1943) is a Sri Lanka-born Canadian poet, fiction writer and essayist. Ondaatje’s literary career began with his poetry: in 1967 he… Read More ›

• Hero

  By aaforringer on January 13, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.   Novalis Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (2 May 1772 – 25 March 1801), pen name Novalis  was a German aristocrat and polymath, who was a poet, novelist, philosopher and mystic. He is… Read More ›

• No, You Move, Speech from Captain America

  By aaforringer on January 10, 2026 • ( 0 )

  Great sentiment from Sharon Carter in Captain America: Civil War.  It was done in a comic book first by Cap himself. Sharon Carter: Margaret Carter was known to most as the founder of S.H.I.E.L.D. But I just know her as… Read More ›

• Hang

  By aaforringer on January 8, 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.   Aesop Aesop (620–564 BCE; formerly rendered as Æsop) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop’s Fables. Although his existence remains unclear… Read More ›