He hadn’t known many British, but some of them seemed crazy to him, and so it seemed a small thing to agree to—and Wally thought it was wise to agree with whoever it was who held the catheter.
He felt the pregnant woman squeeze his hand so hard that it hurt. The word ‘Mother!’ was strangely on his lips when Nurse Angela finally got the door open and seized Homer Wells in her arms.‘Oh, oh!’...
He felt like hearing Mrs. Grogan’s prayer again, and so he went to the girls’ division a little early for his usual delivery of Jane Eyre. He eavesdropped in the hall on Mrs. Grogan’s prayer; he thou...
HOW CAN YOU BE HAPPY IF YOU SPEND ALL YOUR TIME THINKING ABOUT DOING IT? Owen asked.
Grant us safe lodging, and holy rest, Mrs. Grogan was saying, and peace at last. Amen, thought Wilbur Larch, the Saint of St. Cloud’s, who was seventy-something, and an ether addict, and who felt that...
God creates us out of love, but we don’t want God, or we don’t believe in Him, or we pay very poor attention to Him. Nevertheless, God continues to love us—at least, He continues to try to get our att...
Garpo žodžiais tariant, žmogus auga tik užbaigdamas viena ir pradėdamas kita.
Garp didn't want a daughter because of men. Because of bad men, certainly; but even, he thought, because of men like me.
Fucking men.
From that moment on, he would never stop seeing her, not in his minds eye - not whenever he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. She would always be there.
Faith itself is a miracle,
Every misunderstanding has at its center a breakdown of language.
Er Schrieb an Helen, dass Jungsein zum Teil auch aus dem Gefühl besteht, dass es niemanden gibt, der dir genug ähnelt um dich zu verstehen
Dr. Larch pointed out that Melony had taken Jane Eyre with her; he accepted this as a hopeful sign—wherever Melony went, she would not be without guidance, she would not be without love, without faith...
Don’t you understand? he would say, You imagine the story better than I remember it.
Don’t worry, Bill, Borkman told me. I have Muriel and Richard in my pocket-back! In your back pocket—yes, I said to the crafty deerstalker on skis.
Did Owen say your grandmother was a banshee?He said she was 'wailing like a banshee,' I explained.Dan got out the dictionary , then; he was clucking his tongue and shaking his head, and laughing at hi...
David Copperfield had a fever when he’d gone to bed, and Larch went to check on the boy. Dr. Larch was relieved to feel that young Copperfield’s fever had broken; the boy’s forehead was cool, and a sl...
Dan would entertain Owen and me by describing Mr. Tubulari’s pentathlon, his winterthon. The first event, Dan Needham said, is something wholesome, like splitting a cord of wood—points off, if you bre...
Children are most impressed with the importance of a moment when they witness a parent breaking the parents' own rule.