The man who never alters his opinion is like standing water, and breeds reptiles of the mind.
William Blake - Proverbs of Hell.
I was once asked if I could be any fictional character (from a book) who would I be...
I chose Morgan from the Riddle-Master Trilogy written by Patricia McKillip.
Second choice would be Aragorn. Not King Aragorn...
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Either the Major from GitS, or Maximus from Gladiator movie
NonFictional -
Toss up. Shakespeare for his way romantic words & sad tales. Davinci for his 'out-of-the-box' way of thinking and brilliant ideas. Or Robert Frost I think it was for his humble and hermit lifestyle in the wilderness, yet wrote the most beautiful poems and stories. Such a way with words that I envy
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Joyce? I don't know, losing one's vuh-jeni-teh to a handjob on a muddy riverbank from a washerwoman (the "great gusty wench" of his private letters) whilst suffering the effects of a hangover has a certain white-trash, Richardsonian attraction, but in the end, Kubla Khan wins the day. Prosti, houras!
Fictional character...Jesus. Definitely. Twelve middle-class yahoos to wash my feet and boss around? Check. Being the guy who tapped Mary Magdalene? Check. Being another Jew to toss himself into the sacrificial flame for all Gentile posterity?
Get back to you on that one.
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