every time i read this...

[darkfyre_muse]

"Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us... passion rules us all, and we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... and the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion maybe we'd know some kind of peace... but we would be hollow... Empty rooms shuttered and dank. Without passion we'd be truly dead."

– Joss Whedon

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[smcapote117.livejournal.com]

I agree. That is one of the reasons why I derive such fierce joy when my passion expresses itself in a positive manner. Those are the moments that I live for. If you do not mind my asking, what happens to you every time you read this?

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[darkfyre-muse.livejournal.com]

it explains why my best work is dark. And why I don't need drugs. Emotions are my drug.

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[smcapote117.livejournal.com]

*nods* I think I see. "I would that I could have stopped time and preserved that day forever. It was a perfect day. There was the shadow of sorrow, yes. It would always be there. But that was the nature of life. The bright mirror and the dark, reflecting one another. And today there was so much brightness."
Jacqueline Carey (Kushiel's Mercy)