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UptownPete Jan 21, 2025

"Talent does what it can: genius does what it must"
This #quote written in the mid 19th century by #Edward #BuLwer-Lytton makes me feel so incredible humble. #humble and #motivated

MetaFilter Aug 20, 2024

It was a dark and stormy night, the inky pools of shadow in the sparsely furnished room punctuated only by jittery flashes of lightning and the throbbing #065a8f rather than #006699 blue background and glowing scroll of resolute white text and flirtatious lime green links as styled by the Modern Dark theme (for it is on Metafilter.com that our scene lies) emanating from the sleepless reader's laptop screen.

https://www.metafilter.com/205160/2024-Bulwer-Lytton-winners-announced

#Bulwer #BulwerLytton #DarkAndStormyNight #Lytton #OpeningLines #prizes #winners

2024 Bulwer-Lytton winners announced

The contest to write the worst opening lines to non-existent novels have been announced. The grand prize winner is Lawrence Person of Austin, TX: 'She had a body that reached out and slapped my...