Whoever comes in the door is usually disappointing, but there is always a chance otherwise. And when a key hits the lock, all the heads come up like there's strings on them.
What do you think? Harding says. McMurphy starts. She’s got one hell of a set of chabobs, is all he can think of. Big as Old Lady Ratched’s. I didn’t mean physically, my friend, I mean what do you— He...
They think they know the book by its cover, but the knows what it is. Now he knew better; if the book never opens up and comes out, it can be warped to fit the image others see.. . .No, a book wasn't...
The walls are white as the white suits, polished clean as a refrigerator door, and the black face and hands seem to float against it like a ghost.
She don’t lose on her losses, but she wins on ours. To beat her you don’t have to whip her two out of three or three out of five, but every time you meet. As soon as you let down your guard, as soon a...
It’s like each face was a sign like one of those I’m Blind signs the dago accordion players in Portland hung around their necks, only these signs say I’m tired or I’m scared or I’m dying of a bum live...
It's fall coming, I kept thinking, fall coming; just like that was the strangest thing ever happened. Fall. Right outside here it was spring a while back, then it was summer, and now it's fall-that's...
I'd give something to see that. Mostly, I'd just to look over the country around the gorge again, just to bring some of it clear in my mind again. I been away a long time.
Ez nem én vagyok. Ez nem lehet énnekem az arcom. Az se én voltam, aki ezt az arcot először fölpróbáltam. Se akkor, se most – csak amit az emberek kinéznek belőlem, úgy nézek ki. Mintha kinézetre sose...
But I tried, though, he says. Goddammit, I sure as hell did that much, now, didn’t I?
All I know is this: nobody's very big in the first place, and it looks to me like everybody spends their whole life tearing everybody else down.
Alarm, when used for anything less than a fire or an air attack, is certain to muddle the mind, unsettle the senses, and, in most cases, more than double the danger.
A man has to know he had a choice before he can enjoy what he chose. I know now. That a human has to make it with other humans . . . before he can make it with himself.
Wy, dziwki, nawet sie nie pchajcie, chyba ze macie cycki jak melony i mocne, zgrabne, biale nogi dostatecznie dlugie, zeby owinac nimi jego potezne plecy, a cipy gorace, soczyste i slodkie jak miod...
Viv feels the hand go bloodless and numb against her neck; startled, she turns to look at his face. There is no expression at all. For a moment he is gone from his face, as though he had fallen somewh...
The story is told that when Joe was a child his cousins emptied his Christmas stocking and replaced the gifts with horse manure. Joe took one look and bolted for the door, eyes glittering with excitem...
The river split for the jump of a red-gilled silver salmon, then circled to mark the spot where it fell. Spoonbills shoveled at the crimson mud in the shallows, and dowitchers jumped from cattail to c...
I was seeing him different than when he first came in; I was seeing more to him than just big hands and red sideburns and a broken-nosed grin. I'd see him do things that didn't fit with his face or ha...
Gândește-te la chestia asta: poate că omul, cu cât e mai nebun, cu atât poate deveni mai puternic. Vezi exemplul lui Hitler. Viciul dă avânt minții, nu-i așa? Hrană pentru cugetări viitoare.
Down through the druid wood I saw Wildman join with Cleaver Creek, put on weight, exchange his lean and hungry look for one of more well-fed fanaticism. Then came Chichamoonga, the Indian Influence, w...