If You Can Quit, Then

Also, There Are Authors And Publicists Using The Internet To Manipulate Opinion, Both Positively For A Work And Negatively Against The Competition. I Don't Do This And Can't Stomach It, Honestly.

I Loved To Read And To Write, But Then Something Happened. As I Made My Way Through School, I Kept Getting Handed Books To Read That Didn't Excite Me And Didn't Even Remotely Connect To The Realities Of My Life.

These Were The Companions Who Justified My Principles, Who Gave Me The Strength To Continue Against Any Foe, Real Or Imagined. These Were The Companions Who Fought The Helplessness, The Rage, And Frustration. These Were The Friends Who Gave Me My Life.

Farewell Is Said By The Living, In Life, Every Day. It Is Said With Love And Friendship, With The Affirmation That The Memories Are Lasting If The Flesh Is Not.

Because Everything Of Value That We Will Know In This Life Comes From Our Relationships With Those Around Us. Because There Is Nothing Material That Measures Against The Intangibles Of Love And Friendship.