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Tweak says, "turn your head and cough"

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (albusdumbledore) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-06-27 11:48:00

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Special, as a word, I've always thought, can be just as positive or negative as most words -- and perhaps most of all, the word unique. To exist above, beyond or outside the norm is never an option, rarely a desire. To be special is to be hated, it is to disappoint, it is to persevere for change and enlightenment, it is to teach, to learn and to lie.

William Carlos Williams once said that poets 'are damned but they are not blind, they see with the eyes of angels.' and I believe that this is true for anyone who is extraordinary. It is a gift as it is a curse, you may exceed all expectations but your own -- or none.

I think that's why I've always liked knitting.

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	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 05:19 pm UTC (link)
	It isn't that I mean to... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	You needn't teach, in any case. Simply curate. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aphotic_auror 2013-06-27 05:32 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, aye, in my time... well, my alternate universe it seems - he started as a teacher, but -- well... he eventually became Headmaster...! ~~And they wanted him to become Minister, as well, but he turned them DOWN-- because he's just crazy like that...!~~ (Reply to this) (Parent)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 05:33 pm UTC (link)
	Gardening. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	You have such a gentle way with metaphor. Precisely: gardening. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 05:46 pm UTC (link)
	It's a bit like what you do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	Surely I'm more of a farmer. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 05:52 pm UTC (link)
	Only gardening on a grander scale. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 05:54 pm UTC (link)
	And necessarily with rather less tenderness. But such things come later. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	There is always care, even if there is not perhaps tenderness. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	righttorule 2013-06-27 06:19 pm UTC (link)
	It's done with the harvest in mind, which I suppose constitutes care. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	albusdumbledore 2013-06-27 06:37 pm UTC (link)
	Yes it does, or you'll have nothing to show for all your hard work, my dear. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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