A Quote by Jon Weisman
I am not trying to be young again. But I do feel the need to capture that energy in story form before it slips from my mind, to recount those adventures if not relive them.
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The only one interested in hearing your sad story is . . . you; and even you wish you didn't have to relive it again!
Once they ask for a recount, we will provide them with a recount.
Your body is a form of energy slowed down to assume the appearance of mass. And the mind directs the energy that determines the form.
I was too young to ever have fun in the '90s, so I'm always trying to relive what I wasn't a part of.
