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One Sentence *Ninety-One through One Hundred*

ParisianTwist's picture

91: When he couldn't find the clip, I undid it for him.

92: He used to slit his wrists and tell me it was my fault, but I loved him all the same.

93: I said "yes" but I meant, "Please let me leave."

94: He's not dead.

95: The man behind the counter glanced at me with a condescending look as he rang up my purchases.

96: I knew even though it was nice lingerie, she wouldn't sleep with him.

97: I'd like to kiss her, if only once.

98: My baby blanket was green.

99: I've always hoped I could be more real than the drugs.

100: I'm really God, but no one knows except for my prophets on YWP.

‹ One Sentence *Eighty-One through ninety*upOne Sentence ›
mixedmusic333's picture

100. made me laugh a

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on March 3, 2008 - 21:35.

100. made me laugh a lot.

I've read all of these, I just don't comment them enough. You have a one-sentence gift.

awsmpossum's picture

97. more than once. 100.

Submitted by awsmpossum on March 3, 2008 - 21:36.

97. more than once.
100. All hail.

Usagi's picture

You got to one hundred!

Submitted by Usagi on March 3, 2008 - 21:36.

You got to one hundred!

Ninety-four: Yes. He isn't.

ParisianTwist's picture

yes, I've reached 100! I'm

Submitted by ParisianTwist on March 3, 2008 - 21:37.

yes, I've reached 100!
I'm so proud of myself!
thanks to you and everyone else for feedback, inspiration and support
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"Characters are only the pawns of Reality, and reality must begin somewhere." ~Self Quoted

obscure_one's picture

Yay! 100! This is

Submitted by obscure_one on March 3, 2008 - 21:41.

Yay!
100!
This
is e
xcit
ing!

pineapple_babbit's picture

Yeah 100! I love it! *and

Submitted by pineapple_babbit on March 3, 2008 - 21:42.

Yeah 100! I love it! *and it's so true... heh heh heh....*
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Sometimes, I wonder if love is good or bad.... It can make you feel like you're higher than the tallest mountain, or it can make you feel like the lowest person on earth.....

Gildron's picture

AHHH! 100! (Big number!

Submitted by Gildron on March 4, 2008 - 10:55.

AHHH! 100! (Big number! Scary!)

All hail the great PT. Those who do not bow down shall be pointed at and mocked.

emnoodlehead's picture

Woot woot!!

Submitted by emnoodlehead on March 4, 2008 - 11:14.

Woot woot!!

mixedmusic333's picture

Ow ow!

Submitted by mixedmusic333 on March 4, 2008 - 11:22.

Ow ow!

Professor_Zoom's picture

I'm bowing. Although a book

Submitted by Professor_Zoom on March 4, 2008 - 20:20.

I'm bowing.
Although a book I just read tells me to worship a water tower, PT actually has personality.
And she's way cooler.

Usagi's picture

Oh--

Submitted by Usagi on March 4, 2008 - 20:21.

Godless?

That book made me think.

Special's picture

i loved that book and

Submitted by Special on July 25, 2008 - 19:55.

i loved that book and invisible, they both made me cry so hard
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"I've decided that as long as I was going to Hell,
I might as well do it thoroughly."
-Edward Cullen, Twilight

NonSequitur's picture

I think that book makes a

Submitted by NonSequitur on July 20, 2008 - 17:39.

I think that book makes a better case against nontraditional religion than for it.
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"It's either broken or it's French."

ParisianTwist's picture

so now someone challenges my

Submitted by ParisianTwist on July 25, 2008 - 18:32.

so now someone challenges my Godliness.
I see.
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-Voltaire

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