a self-indulgent bot for various quotes i find emotionally affecting (aka Things Rob @plounce.bsky.social Likes). this is inherently embarrassing be nice. sources doc: https://tinyurl.com/bdh9ab74 (replies are currently off!)https://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mx27hcwyk425The terrible hosts of the Sluagh sweep through the middle air on starry nights, but on the whole the skies are places of movement. For places of settled habitation, fairies seem to prefer the quiet lands under the earth or even the men-haunted woods and hillsides.04 Oct 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx27hcwyk425https://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mx25ovrcm42kEvery page a victory. Who cooked the feast for the victors?04 Oct 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx25ovrcm42khttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mx23z65lvi2iThere’s no room in this Hell, there’s no room in the next – but does anyone notice there’s a corpse in this bed?04 Oct 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx23z65lvi2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mx22d4h23m2wGive me some friends to sing with, I’ll be here all night! Love is for those who find it – I found mine right here.04 Oct 2026 09:05 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx22d4h23m2whttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwzyntilv42nHe has equal amounts of contempt for his fellow actors and the audience watching the play.04 Oct 2026 08:35 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzyntilv42nhttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwzwxjondb23They flourish as a comedic double act, one bounding through the pages as the other walks behind, shaking his head with dismay and glee.04 Oct 2026 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzwxjondb23https://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwzvcr7mc523I would advise you against optimism, however… That is the one war you could not win.04 Oct 2026 07:36 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzvcr7mc523https://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwztmvtupm2dI could open a lock like that in 10 seconds, easy! He should have given me a call. So he could slap handcuffs on you after you opened it? Handcuffs? 20 seconds, tops! (I’m glad she’s on my side…)04 Oct 2026 07:05 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwztmvtupm2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwzry7ksqx2bThere are still some human emotions I do not understand. Anger. Hatred. Revenge. But I am not mystified by the need to be loved, or to have friendship. These are things I do understand.04 Oct 2026 06:36 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzry7ksqx2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwzqas2im52nOnce a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters – sometimes very hastily – but this one I lingered over. I sent him a card and I drew a picture of a Wild Thing on it. I wrote, “Dear Jim: I loved your card.”04 Oct 2026 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzqas2im52nhttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwzol33umg2bI know you can hear me. Wake up! And look alive! Listen to me. I want you to keep your eye on this. Don’t look away from it. Not even for a second. Stay focused on it, all right? I’ll be back before it burns out! Please, just promise me… that you won’t give up on yourself. Not yet…04 Oct 2026 05:35 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzol33umg2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwzmwfpvi52fI’ve got no regrets over losing my arm. For all my life, I’ve wanted strength. I didn’t want those precious to me to be taken from me anymore. But… to have strength means to invite disaster to come your way. And strength alone can’t really protect you.04 Oct 2026 05:05 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzmwfpvi52fhttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwzlchjjl62bThe doubling of the self in dreams. The doubling of the self in art. The nightmare is that there are two worlds The nightmare is that there is only one world, this one –04 Oct 2026 04:36 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzlchjjl62bhttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwzjkfshzv2oBut there was a time we were lashed to the prow of a ship you may board, but not steer.04 Oct 2026 04:05 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzjkfshzv2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwzhufybyt2i(The reason I believe God crucified His Own Son to get out of the wretched tangle is, because it sounds just like Him.)04 Oct 2026 03:35 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzhufybyt2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwzg6cyxkl2fI thought that you might help me get to Heaven in this road movie where we don't go anywhere. So I have feelings. So I have them for you. So I didn't think you'd try to stop me.04 Oct 2026 03:05 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzg6cyxkl2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwzejrjbvu2dI must know you'll be safe. I know I can't really, but I must – We must both have done what we can.04 Oct 2026 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzejrjbvu2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwzctkgn6n25Flying is actually the safest mode of transportation. The second-safest is dreaming. The third-safest is decomposing into rich earth and drifting away with the wind and rain.04 Oct 2026 02:05 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzctkgn6n25https://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwzb674xtr2wHe’s the uncle who makes jokes that are a little too mean and a little too real at holidays; the kind who sends five dollar bills to teenagers for their birthday inside unsigned dollar store cards. Seeing him pretend to give any kind of a shit now is complete bullshit.04 Oct 2026 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzb674xtr2whttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwz7jdmlez2sBut love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry.04 Oct 2026 01:05 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwz7jdmlez2shttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwz5szssrj2nIt’s true. You’re not young, and you’re not new, and you do make people laugh. And me? I’m still with you because you make me laugh. So you know what I gotta do? I gotta sell my plot in Key Biscayne so I can get one next to you in that shithole Los Copa. So I never miss a laugh.04 Oct 2026 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwz5szssrj2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwz44z3rru23Your eyes moved cheerfully when a smile was to come upon you. I needed no Delphic tripod or bacchic ecstasy to prophesy without hesitation from the look in your eyes that you were about to laugh. And, true enough, you moved your lip slightly, blushed, and, behold! You laughed.04 Oct 2026 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwz44z3rru23https://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwz2hfnenf2bI’m thirsty, Apollo! Want something to drink? Hmm… how about… this one! … Hmm. Huh? Here, my treat. Hey! This isn’t enough change. The machines outside are cheaper. This one is highway robbery.03 Oct 2026 23:35 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwz2hfnenf2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwyysksip62kI think she’s a person who finds love difficult. Who finds the vulnerability that love expects and demands a difficult thing to sit in and inhabit.03 Oct 2026 23:05 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwyysksip62khttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwyx5hafbg2iI’ll do my best to answer your questions, but do know that I don’t specialize in botany or dendrology. I am a scientist. I study science, not plants or nature.03 Oct 2026 22:36 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwyx5hafbg2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwyvgfpoef2nFai’s hand followed his as if on instinct, having been held by it for so long now that it was more natural for them to stay together than come apart.03 Oct 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwyvgfpoef2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwytqu7tde2nIn the end, all we can do is press on. For those we have lost. For those we can yet save.03 Oct 2026 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwytqu7tde2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwys2zpsfk2nThere is still somewhere deep within you a beast shouting that the earth is exactly what it wanted: each pond with blazing lilies is a prayer heard and answered lavishly, every morning: whether or not you have ever dared to be happy, whether or not you have ever dared to pray.03 Oct 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwys2zpsfk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwyqgalgme23For us to meet sexually would be for us to meet once more as aliens. We had touched, in the only way we could touch. We left it at that. I do not know if we were right.03 Oct 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwyqgalgme23https://bsky.app/profile/affectingbot.bsky.social/post/3mwyopph53j2dSomebody kiss me, I’m going crazy!03 Oct 2026 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:2eukwkdaqe2zihsbppvhb5re/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwyopph53j2d