Findings:

• You don't see the light at the end of the tunnel now, but it's there. I'm holding it for you.
• Once upon a time there was light in my life, but now there's only love in the dark
• Once upon a time there was an ocean but now there is a mountain range.
• You're voting this sucka down now, but I'm going to laugh
• I'm tone-deaf, but it's okay
• for a long time i was afraid i would forget; now i'm afraid i might not
• I used to think of sobriety as a purgatory, and that to be under the influence of drugs was relief from it. Now that I'm older I believe the opposite to be true.
• It all turned out all right but there was so much pain along the way
• relatedly somehow, there was a point a few years ago when I learned how to terrify
• the fire burned and burned; it was so great and now so much time has passed and the fire is still burning, but it requires attendance
• I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now
• There was silence in my heart, but you found a way to break it.
• So I'm wrestling with the demoness while the priest is trying not to soil his vestments, and Faust is just sitting there like an idiot
• There was a lot of blood, but the boys needed it
• Now there's revolution but they don't know what they're fighting
• I'm not really okay with being hated for what I am. It's hard to take. But it's still better than being loved for something I'm not.
• The serpent was in the garden again, but there weren't any apples left in the tree, so I figured things were cool.
• Oh, no. Look, you've gone and made me optimistic. I was before, but now it is showing.
• You're laughing now, but I'm voting this sucka down
• I'm sorry I was speeding, officer, but I really have to get to the hospital
• He stretched out his arms but she was not there
• You're not laughing now, but I'm voting this sucka up
• I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.
• He had fallen in love, but I'm pretty sure the hellhound was only in it for the belly rubs
• I was once smaller than a jellybean, but now look at me - I am macroscopic!
• That man has writer's block but I don't know if I'm him right now
• Someone has writer's block but I don't know if I'm him right now
• There are many things that I would like to say to you but I don't know how
• The Firestone dealership was full to the brim with cars. But I reasoned I would need a boat, since my desire was to go to Ireland. Just then a harsh reminder surfaced; water is expensive in hell.
• They try to be quiet but you know they are there with their weird coppery breath.
• There were a few moments you will not hear about, but they happened
• I know you're up there. I am but a discontented symbol birthed from the blood of your terrible pen.
• but mr can you maybe listen there's
• Yet is there hope, then Love but play thy part
• but fuck, it was Sunday and the church bells hadn't even called the faithful
• The distance between two atoms was the distance between 6 months ago and today
• in this world there are no equals but some day you will surpass me
• There are causes worth dying for, but none worth killing for
• A long time ago, under the shady tree in my yard, I was dead
• I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV
• The Marlboro Man died of cancer, but he wasn't a rocket scientist when he was healthy, ha ha ha.
• It wasn't so much a trip down memory lane as it was me carjacking someone's memorymobile and speeding off down the freeway, but I digress.
• I was shaking, but not from the cold
• There is no dream but this.
• I'm not sick but I'm not well
• They think I'm crazy, but I know it's real
• It is nearly always fatal, but amusing while it lasts.
• I'm looking at the river, but I'm thinking of the sea
• It was a dream. But it wasn't a dream.
• there are people who are gone but wanted me to be happy
• I'm not racist but...
• Being a dickhead
• Due to the Incompetence of our novice author, our heroine, cahla, finds herself in the wilds of Djibouti; there is no denouement in sight, but the moonlight is pretty.
• Think there's too much violence in society today? Maybe, but consider this:
• I'm sorry, but we can't watch the rest of MacBeth until it is censored
• I'm at the station, but I can't get on the train
• This essay was due a year ago
• I'm sorry sir, but it appears that the abyss hasn't put you on the guest list...
• It was 30 years ago today, Miyamoto taught the kids to play... (e2poll)
• My 486 almost runs Debian now, but I can't play Doom!
• A pocket-sized device with a single button that says, "Everything as it was one minute ago".
• I'm happy but you don't like me
• will my heart be there, where I left it so long ago?
• /but what was the question?
• I met him two days ago and now he wants to fly me to Peru
• I was in heaven, I was in hell. Believed in niether but feared them as well.
• Noding for Numbers sure was silly, but it sure is better than Dada Fascism
• one kiss: bad for me, but i give in so easily. i'm weak.
• I thought he was a man but he was just a little boy
• it won't kill you to breathe it in, but it may change you, years from now
• You beat it in me, that part of you/But I'm gonna split us back in two
• Eyes are the windows to the soul, but there are some windows that should never be opened
• I am sorry but when you were talking I was admiring the shape of your lips and evaluating their kissability
• There is no god but God
• I don't think I realized what I had gotten myself into, but it seemed like the potential for fun and insanity were there in equal parts
• I may be young, but I'm not naive
• But I'm a Cheerleader
• The light is red, but there is a green arrow
• The gun is good. The penis is evil. The penis shoots seeds, and makes new life, and poisons the earth with a plague of men, as once it was. But the gun shoots death, and purifies the earth of the filth of brutals. Go forth and kill!
• Men may cry "Peace! Peace!" but there is no peace
• The flowers smiled, but she was gone
• There is poetry in my soul, but I keep it on a short leash
• strange and too short but I was lonely
• Seems I might have stolen the blue part of her rainbow, but all I really did was make it bigger, a way bigger blue
• I'm cold, but I'm happy
• I ought to be grateful, but instead I'm angry
• It's not happening here, but it is happening now.
• I was burned and bleeding, but the galaxy still spun on
• what she's building now, it isn't much, but it's hers
• For every rich man who tries to leave this world for a better one with his fancy tomb surrounded by mourners, there are many more who perish alone in the cold, forgotten by all but God.
• Yeah I can love my fellow man; but I'm damned if I'll love yours.
• I Think I'm a Pervert, But I'm Totally Over It
• Once and somewhere far away I might have found peace, but now I can't live without this city.
• It’s memories that I’m stealing, but you’re innocent when you dream
• There are many like it, but this one is mine
• Some things are definite. We will all die, but there is rain.
• They call you heartless, but you have a heart, and I love you for being ashamed to show it. You are ashamed of your flood, while others are ashamed of their ebb.
• With you there is nothing involved but everything
• I'm no fucking Buddhist, but this is Enlightenment.
• I may not know anything but I know I'm not American
• I know there are other fish in the sea but I don't want them
• I'm beginning to think that nothing I think or say makes sense to anyone but me
• the struggle continues, but at least i know i'm not alone
• you can give up, but there will always be those who do not
• There Is No Such Thing As Light/There Is No Such Thing As Darkness/This Shadow Is An Illusion/But Illusions Are Still Real/And I Still Must Step Out Of It
• there are many voids but this one is mine
• But I'm a good person! Yeah great you wanna help me with this or what?
• When you get to the top, I know what it'll seem like. But there IS someone there. There IS someone there.
• i thought i was special, but it was you
• we went to the stars, but all we found was ourselves
• There's a sign on the wall. But she wants to be sure. Cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
• But what's stopping me from staring at the stars now?
• i might look like a grown person, but i'm just a tiny confused scientist
• The Box Said 'Do NOT Open" But The Seal Was Already Broken
• there are no rules, but there is a lot to learn
• I keep thinking I'm so tough but I rarely care enough to prove it. So am I really tough then? Or does every dog just have its day?
• one was giving me the eye but nothing came of it
• I see it on the TV and I laugh out loud, but it's the way I feel right now.
• It was hormones, it was hormones, but it was valid
• There is infinite hope, but not for us
• I'm not religious, but I think I have a close relationship with God
• That's a valid point, but right now we're focusing on...
• There's someone in my head but it's not me
• Questions you never asked, but now that I mention it, yeah, that's a good point
• I'm not a god, but I'm working on it
• On the one hand my life is in danger, but on the other hand, I'm getting really stoned
• Why is windows-bashing okay, but Linux-bashing bad?
• I'm not anorexic, but I'm working on it
• Jessica, too tall but still lovely, was not sure she would or should drop the whale
• I'm not homophobic but...
• I don't know what he was listening for, but he wasn't listening
• I'm not going to fire a 2 million dollar missile at a 10 dollar empty tent and hit a camel in the butt
• the desert was once alive, but I don't remember it
• I don't Daylog but I'm Daylogging
• I love my cigar, but I take it out of my mouth once in a while
• I want my trail to grow over and disappear, but now someone is reading it.
• I am in love with so much more than your body heat, but let's start there
• You may think I'm lying, but it's true
• I'm so goddamned cruel to you. But you'll never know
• Why is there always money for war, but not for education?
• I am no doubt moving. The question now is not where, but how. My life changes everyday. Big deal.
• On two concert, I'm shootive collective photo but small, fat, bald headed technologist be insane
• How Gudrun cast herself into the Sea, but was brought ashore again
• I'm gay, but I'm not sure it's genetic
• I died for Beauty -- but was scarce
• They wrote it all in perl but it was mostly system calls
• I'm nothing but a flower falling off a winter stem
• There are women and tender children where those shells fall, but war is war.
• I'm poor, but I'm happy
• untie the boat and turn on the water i'm gone i'm gone i'm gone but it's alright
• but the future is always tomorrow -- even now drowning in bytes
• This is just an ordinary well. You think there is more to it, but it is just an ordinary well
• Why is it bad to make gays bishops, but okay to kill them?
• He was born with the gift of logic but the inability to use it
• The body's alive, but no head. I'm having a lot of trouble accepting it.
• The real horror was not what had been redacted, but the reasons why.
• excuse the pencil but I'm inkless
• I would've taken an axe to it, but I'm pretty sure the dryad would have pulverized me
• I didn't have the heart to tell him I was lying about taco night, but at least the hellhound made some friends
• Ain't what I'm gonna be, ain't what I wanna be, but lord thank you I ain't what I used to be.
• I'm not a dyke just 'cause I shaved my head, but if it keeps certain people away, fuckin' A right on
• Books you haven't read in a while, but intend to read again
• I bought an orange, but it was a grapefruit
• I'm not pregnant, but thanks for asking
• but you had his eyes and that was sort of almost enough
• Somebody told me a story. It was pretty but boring. It was Saturday night, my stories usually end up that way.
• But there are NUNS watching us!
• I was pretty sure that wasn't how slasher films were supposed to end, but you won't see me complaining.
• Maybe I'm naive but this type of website bugs me
• She didn't write like Emily Dickinson, but she did live in a house overlooking a cemetery, and I guess he thought that was important.
• I'm straight, but you might be the one
• i'm not sure but i'm listening
• but the fruitsellers are there every day
• Honesty is the best policy, but wait a while
• I'm not a rocket scientist, but

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