01Undated[Poem: Slates of Grey]Sullen faces like slates of grey—What I’d seen on a walk today.Bodies rushing bodies boltingTime for life a disregarding.Money to make and to grow oldWhat about the hands to hold?Deadlines, projects, people to meetWhat about our own two feet.Sullen faces like slates of grey...What I’d see most anyday.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
02UndatedWhen our emotional health is in a bad state, so is our level of self-esteem. We have to slow down and deal with what is troubling us, so that we can enjoy the simple joy of being happy and at peace with ourselves.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
03UndatedSex parties, alcohol and drugs lost their appeal to Sven after a while. Music never did, in his continual search for that sober connection--intimacy with one person over a long period of time, as opposed to periods of intimacy with a bunch of random faces.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
05UndatedOne hand was behind his back, and he held it out, presenting a bouquet of white and smoky purple lilies. “They’re straight from the underworld, by the way. They are everlasting. They won’t die.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
06UndatedThe townspeople took the prince for deadWhen he never returned with the dragon’s headWhen with her, he stayedShe thought he’d be too afraidBut he loved her too much instead.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
07UndatedTie me up, please..." Chantal said. They looked above at some vines and roots hanging down from the grassy area above the depression in the canal they were standing in. She was in his hands—he had to comply.A little bit of kink was one of the most delicious of erotic pleasures. Catholic school girls were often the horniest—Brett could hardly contain his elation.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
08UndatedNever mind, said Hachiko each day. Here I wait, for my friend who’s late. I will stay, just to walk beside you for one more day.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
09UndatedIt's weird, marriage. It's like this license that gives a person the legal right to control their spouse / their 'other half.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
10UndatedYou may be married to a star, but that doesn't mean they'll treat you like one.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
11UndatedHe knows how to market himself well. Nowadays, that's all that seems to count. He's rebellious in a way that appeals to people with vain, shallow taste. So of course he manipulates his audiences with the blessing of his recording company and the financial investors behind his brand.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
13UndatedShe felt the cold blast from the sterile air conditioning on her bare arms and thighs, as she ambled down the center of the shopping complex's ground floor.The scene was a swirl of candy bright lights--the Victoria's Secret fuchsia signboard, signboards which lured one to purchase "confidence," or "sexual appeal," or whatever it was that was being advertised--the fluorescent lights in each store, contrasting with the shiny, black-tiled walls and eye-catching speckled marble tiles on the ground.One could lick the floor--the tiles were spotless, clean like the fake air she was breathing in, like the atoms and cells in her that were decaying in stale neglect.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
14UndatedHate was the other side of love, wasn’t it? That’s what passion was like with her—to the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. We traveled to heaven and hell together. Earth wasn’t in the picture, and that was a problem.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
15UndatedAll I wanted was to share myself with him...in a love way, lust way, every kind of way.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
16UndatedThat’s sad. How plastic and artificial life has become. It gets harder and harder to find something…real.” Nin interlocked his fingers, and stretched out his arms. “Real love, real friends, real body parts…Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
17UndatedAdrian had always found it amusing that a guy could be drilling Stacia up her ass while she considered herself to be a virgin. Her intent had been to present herself as such when she found "Mr. Right.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
18UndatedNow? I'm just another female faking orgasms to make a man not feel so inadequate.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
20UndatedThey seemed to be together as one, somewhere else in a place that was lighter than air.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
21UndatedHaving random sex the way Tania did sounded kinda...hollow. I didn’t want to live in a Hollowland.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
22UndatedBut the insane need to do it was stronger than the sense of whether it was a wrong or right thing to do.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
23UndatedShe was my black rose, a broken angel I could hug and drift away with into peaceful oblivion.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
24UndatedThe whole thing becomes like this evil enchantment from a fairy tale, but you're made to believe the spell can never be broken.Jess C. Scott / quote ↗
