Author: ateerablackwood
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Lines I Want to Use 11
“Don’t put me on a pedestal. The higher you raise me, the more I feel like I’m going to fall off.”
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Hauteur
Noun Definition: haughty manner or spirit; arrogance Ex. The man’s hauteur regarding a subject he had no experience with made Edna regret asking for his help.
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Story Scrap: Spoken Through Flowers
A young man has a chance encounter in a garden with a mysterious mute woman who communicates entirely through flower language.
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Preternatural
Adj. Definition: out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal Ex. The Immaculate Conception is considered preternatural. Adj. Definition: outside of nature; supernatural Ex. Dr. Maxwell didn’t believe a ghost haunted the hospital because it was preternatural
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Scurrilous
Adj. Definition: grossly or obscenely abusive Ex. The politician’s scurrilous language brought a lot a criticism from journalists. Adj. Definition: characterized by or using low buffoonery; coarsely jocular or derisive Ex. The show Ren and Stimpy made frequent use of scurrilous humor.
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What I Learned: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
What I Learned reading Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams: Going off on tangents can sometimes add to a narrative instead of devalue it. The answer to the universe and everything is….42. Just kidding(sorta). The nature and meaning of the universe is unknowable and there’s no point worrying about it.
