Day: August 18, 2015

Come here child, let me tell you a story.
A wanderer so witty went to a Land so scary,
A Land so scary made his stay so gory,
And so was provoked the wanderer’s poetry.
Find a seat, you will like the story.

The name of the Land, my dear, was Derry.
Too many witches, too many bodies to bury.
Hunger spiced their food, no such thing as curry.
Ghosts punctured hymens, none in town a cherry.
Find a seat, my dear, really scary was Derry.

The king of the Land said his daughter will marry
Anyone who can indeed restore the poor Land’s glory.
Harry Potter is a fable, the wanderer was not Harry.
The princess didn’t have to be bait, the wanderer felt so sorry.
What a father will give her daughter to any mongrel to marry?

The wanderer boiled at last into his little armoury,
Grabbed odds…

Sarah Helm | Ravensbrück: Life and Death in Hitler’s Concentration Camp for Women | Nan A. Talese | March 2015 | 48 minutes (13,071 words)

Below is a chapter excerpted from Ravensbrück, by Sarah Helm, as recommended by Longreads contributing editor Dana Snitzky.

The child is born, all neighbours on me, to my friend’s place in eight days for the naming and celebrations! Time whizzes by though, the child grows beard, lays opposite sex, bears children, and before we count seven to ten, he’s already old and ripe to die. There was a girl I knew back in secondary school, she never buttoned her topmost buttons, and even teachers would not say “cover it up” for inarguably, the sight was food for the soul. Her dorsal view too, like abstract honey borne of corporeal perfection was a geography every surveyor would be willing to review free of charge, but what happened to those features (that were) assuredly imagined naked by all male classmates after the girl died (during a holiday)? Story for the gods!

To rise in politics you grind foetus with soap, uses albinos’ heads for cream and hunchbacks for talismans sewn…

The sun will rise, the sun will set and in hours the sun will rise again, where or how it finds you, the sun cares not; your ruination, your retrogression or your progress and conquest all depend on how determined you are in life, within you is the choice, not without. Oh my God! I said that as if I have traversed beyond the level of needing motivation myself, whereas, if every thinker is self-sufficient, he’d known not that the numeric figures count beyond the ten of his fingers and the ten of his toes. Thanks to everyone and everything around us, foolish and wise, useful and useless, what we know which makes us who and what we are, are derived from them; we’re subconscious imitators of our acquaintances.

Happiness is a slot; she mates with anyone who woos her solemnly, but she’s not a whore; she doesn’t force herself…

Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

-Lucille Ball

Start giving your ideas and dreams a chance.

In life, it’s rarely about getting a chance; it’s more about taking a chance.

You will never be sure it will work, if you do not give it a chance.

You can always be sure that if you do nothing, you receive nothing.

Just go for it!

What do you have to lose?

You will either succeed or learn something new.

Give birth to your dreams!

But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:19 (KJV)

10 Things Men Can Do to Capture a Woman’s Heart

1. Security

Show your woman that she is safe with you.

Show her that she can share her inner self with you and

you have the strength to hold her up.

2. Open Book

Share things with her about your daily routine not because she may be insecure and not trust you.

This act creates trust and gives her the security of feeling that you have nothing to hide.

This makes her feel as if you want to share your life with her.

3. One on One Time

Find quality time that is dedicated just for her.

4. Cuddling

Periodically, decline sex.

No matter how bad you want it; refrain and opt for cuddling instead.

Hold her and allow her to feel safe with you with no strings attached.

Although sex is very vital to a relationship,

allow her to have that moment of being held in…