“ Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. James Joyce
“ Where shall we three meet again in thunder, lightning, or in rain? When the hurlyburly 's done, when the battle 's lost and won William Shakespeare
“ Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. Charles Dickens
“ In April 1992, a young man from a well-to-do East Coast family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Jon Krakauer
“ The madness of an autumn prairie cold front coming through...ringing throughout the house was an alarm bell that no one but Alfred and Enid could hear directly. Jonathan Franzen
“ I met Jack Kennedy in November, 1946. We were both war heroes, and both of us had just been elected to Congress. Norman Mailer
“ The baloney weighed the raven down, and the shopkeeper almost caught him as he whisked out the delicatessen door. Peter S Beagle
“ When people ask me what I do--taxi drivers, hairdressers--I tell them I work in an office. Gail Honeyman
