Unseen Academicals

[levity]

"He let you down, Mister Trev. He wasn't the small boy's god. It turned out that he was only a man. But he was not only a man. Everyone who has ever watched a game in this city has heard of Dave Likely. If he was a fool, then any man who has climbed a mountain or swum a torrent is a fool. If he was a fool then so was the man who first tried to tame fire. If he was a fool then so was the man who tried the first oyster, he was a fool, too- although I'm bound to remark that, given the division of labor in early hunter-gatherer cultures, he was probably a woman as well. Perhaps only a fool gets out of bed. But, after death, some fools shine like stars, and your father was such a one. After death, people forget the foolishness, but they do remember the shine. You could not have done anything. You could not have stopped him. If you could have stopped him, he would not have been Dave Likely, a name that means football to thousands of people." Nutt very carefully put down a beautifully dribbled candle and continued. "Think about this, Mister Trev. Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through."

Comments

[steampunkninja.livejournal.com]

http://footballlove.tumblr.com/post/2907934230

what moc, moc really means to dear herpnderpn pique

[wyvernstars.livejournal.com]

That explains some. (HIndi naman tanga si Pique, ah. Is it his facial expressions?)

[steampunkninja.livejournal.com]

It has everything to do with the facial expressions. Sa tingin ko hindi siya tanga dahil kung naenjoy niya ang mga tipong binabasa rin ng mga taong tulad mo at ni Raul, malayo siya sa pagiging tanga. Yung mukha lang talaga niya minsan.

[wyvernstars.livejournal.com]

Because yeah, kung yung mukha lang niya tingnan mo, I get it.

(Also I AM APPARENTLY COMPARABLE WITH RAUL. Finals do not matter. XD)

[steampunkninja.livejournal.com]

Darn those finals. Laze around tonight, study after midnight.