prompt 43.4: ten quotes

[morituri_reverie]

"The most important thing is to enjoy your life --be happy-- it's all that matters." -Audrey Hepburn

"Ohana means family, family means nobody gets left behind. Or forgotten." -Stitch from Lilo & Stitch

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him." -David Brinkley

"Peace begins with a smile." -Mother Teresa

"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent." -Eleanor Roosevelt

"Always forgive your enemies-- nothing annoys them so much." -Oscar Wilde

"An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." Mahatma Gandhi

"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light." -Helen Keller

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." -Albert Einstein

"The way I see it if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." -Dolly Parton

Comments

[morituri_reverie]

...Do guys get wet like that?

[the_cataclysm]

*he rolls his eyes playfully* Maybe sometimes I like t'pretend I'm a girl. Problem?

[morituri_reverie]

Only if you grow a vag. I'm sure I'd like you either way but I think I'd miss your boy parts.

[the_cataclysm]

I wont grow a vag, sweet cheeks. Don't think that happens magically, as much as some people may want it.

[morituri_reverie]

Ha! You wouldn't believe some of the shit that happens around here.

[the_cataclysm]

... Has anyone ever grown a vag?

[morituri_reverie]

I wouldn't even be surprised if someone had. Seriously, I'm so desensitized to weird shit living here. It's not even funny.

[the_cataclysm]

Texas's got some pretty fucked up shit, but I think you prolly got me beat.

[morituri_reverie]

You just wait. Spontaneous gender swaps are just the start. Wait until you meet a pregnant man or thousand year old alien or a fairy that changes faces the way some people change underwear.

[the_cataclysm]

...I kinda like it. I like weird. *pauses* This's your face, yeah?

[morituri_reverie]

*The question makes her laugh.* You know for as much as I self deprecate, you would think that I would jump at the opportunity to change what I look like. I mean I could look like Scarlett Johansson if I wanted but that's the thing about the damaged. As badly as we want to hide, more than anything we want to be seen and understood. Pretending to be someone else was never as satisfying as I thought it would be so I quit doing it. I have to learn to love myself eventually. So this is just me.

[the_cataclysm]

Scarlett Johansson ain't got nothin' on ya, sweet cheeks. Rather you just be you, anyways. *But he knows the feeling. He feels like that often* I like the way y'look.

[morituri_reverie]

*She scrunches her nose.* You want to see my favorite face? I'm actually a little proud of it. I made her myself.

[the_cataclysm]

Your favorite... what? What d'you mean made'er yourself?

[morituri_reverie]

My favorite look, er, illusion that I used to use when I wanted to be someone else.

[the_cataclysm]

Holy shit, you're serious? You can actually do that...?

[morituri_reverie]

*She just smiles and in a blink she looks like someone else. Blond, 5'9", even her voice is different, and if he tried to touch she would feel just the way she appears. Her illusions had gotten pretty good lately.*

[the_cataclysm]

*Nick's mouth drops open and he just stands there, blinking* What the... *He reaches out and pokes her shoulder* Holy shit.

[morituri_reverie]

Not bad, right? *She gives him a little spin. When she's not in her own skin, she's not nearly as shy about showing a little skin. She especially liked the boobs on this one so she always made her in something a little low cut. Call it wish fulfillment.* I call her Claire. A little bit of Amanda Seyfried. A lot Melissa George.

[the_cataclysm]

*He just stands there in awe, but also with discomfort. It's not the ability he finds off putting, though. It's that someone like Tori can just change like that in the blink of an eye* Change back. I like y'better as y'are.

[morituri_reverie]

*Her smile fades and she chews her lip as the illusion disappears and it's just Tori again.*

[the_cataclysm]

Sorry. *He runs his fingers through his hair* It's cool. It's fun. Just don't think ya need to change is all. I like ya better this way.

[morituri_reverie]

That's what my doctor says too but who doesn't want to be someone else sometimes?

[the_cataclysm]

*He shrugs* Not me. *Lying liar who lies*

[morituri_reverie]

Must be nice. I want to be other people all the time. I guess that's part of my problem. I'm always comparing myself to other people and I never seem to measure up. How can you love someone you can't even respect? Maybe that's why I never really felt like I deserved love and why I was hurt but not really surprised when I'd get my heart broken.

*She chuckles and shakes her head.* Sorry. Just bring the room down, why don't I.