"All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why." - James Thurber

When David had asked Mohinder whether he ever felt like all that had happened to them was just a bad dream, it was with a sickening stab of guilt that he realised the answer was no. That, despite everything that was different and ( Read more... )

"All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why."
- James Thurber

Adam was running at all times. From one thing or another, it often changed like a hand of cards. Sometimes he would be able to outrun his pursuers, and sometimes they’d catch up to him, seeking whatever they saw fit to take from him, be ( Read more... )

"All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why."
- James Thurber

I thought this was a good one for getting the creative juices flowing. It made my brain buzz the second I saw the quote, at any rate.

Enjoy!

"Those who restrain their desires do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained." - William BlakeMaybe, before the virus, Mohinder might have thought about a relationship. It would have been awkward, of course, what with the nature of his work, and with Molly in the picture. But, if someone had shown the interest, he wouldn’t have said no ( Read more... )

“Daddy,” Elle says, looking around the apartment for him. “Daddy ( Read more... )

David glanced at the speedometer; he could see that he was going over a hundred. He was weaving his way through the few cars on the road - at three o’clock in the morning on a Monday night, most people were in bed - and he was going over a hundred miles per hour. A small voice within him noted that this was probably a dangerous thing to do; the ( Read more... )

"It may be that we are puppets...But at least we are puppets with perception, with awareness. And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation." - Stanley MilgramAs a child, Mohinder had subscribed to the same philosophies as most other children of his age. Specifically, he believed that he knew far better than his parents, with ( Read more... )

Here goes:

It may be that we are puppets...But at least we are puppets with perception, with awareness. And perhaps our awareness is the first step to our liberation.

- Stanley Milgram

Your response, should you decide to write one, should be posted in this community at some point before next Sunday.

Good luck!

So: who wants to participate in coming up with prompts?

If you do, post a comment. We'll go in the order of the comments that show up here. I'll start, obviously, and then whoever comments next will go next, et cetera.

We will post the prompts every Sunday.