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The Marquis de All The Knives ([personal profile] balsamandash) wrote in [community profile] temperedwithfable2014-11-03 09:48 am

[rainbowfic] Pearls of Wisdom

Pearls of Wisdom: Theme: Literary (Life's Little Instruction Book)
1. Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen every day.
2. Learn to make something beautiful with your hands.
3. Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.
4. Give people a second chance, but not a third.
5. When someone hugs you, let them be the first to let go.
6. Beware of the person who has nothing to lose.
7. Live your life as an exclamation, not an explanation.
8. Every person you meet knows something you don't; learn from them.
9. Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.
10. Meet regularly with someone who holds vastly different views than you.
11. Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have, or sleep all you want.
12. Some things need doing better than they've ever been done before. Some just need doing. Others don't need doing at all. Know which is which.
13. Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
14. When declaring your rights, don't forget your responsibilities.
15. Remember the everyone you meet wears an invisible sign. It reads, "Notice me. Make me feel important."
16. Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.
17. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
18. Don't mistake kindness for weakness.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
20. Love someone who doesn't deserve it.

Current: 3/20

Notes and Prompts:
1. Angelic Tribes: Raphael and Uriel, after the split. (+HO11)
10. No Child is Spared: Cliff + Anya on the twins (+TB3)
15. We Do Not Sleep: The not!protege, her backstory, and her sudden devotion. (+HO14)
18. No Child is Spared