Novel Allen
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You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. (Maya Angelou). Genuine accomplishment is not about financial gain, but about dedicating oneself to activities that bring joy and fulfillment.
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The science of shyness
Have you always been something of a shrinking violet. The phrase “shrinking violet” refers to a very shy or timid person who tends to avoid contact with others if possible. The term originated in the UK and was initially used to describe the native English violet (Viola odorata), which is a reclusive and understated flower. Whenever the flower is touched, it closes its petals shyly.
By Novel Allen2 years ago in Humans
The rabid wolf
Once they called us 'dire wolf' (Aenocyon dirus) a now extinct canine that once roamed the Americas. I am the modern Canis lupus, member of a fascinating species of wolves and the largest member of the family Canidae. We have a complex social structure and travel in close knit families consisting of a mated pair and our offspring. We form packs and establish territories, which we defend quite vigorously.
By Novel Allen2 years ago in Fiction
Lysander's shame
Deep within the confines of an enchanting, dreamlike forest...where day ends, and night now rules the land...there sits a gloomy cottage...its spires reaching high, as if in veneration to the sky. Beyond the dismal, horizon of the home, the moon looms bright, highlighting the once stately old battlement of discarded war-weary structures, long forgotten and abandoned.
By Novel Allen2 years ago in Fiction
