He glances down and notices that I'm still wearing a certain blue something, and, this time, it's HIS index finger that wraps underneath MY rubber band. I shiver wonderfully. I'm never taking it off....
Have you noticed that only in time of illness or disaster or death are people real?
Harry! said Fred, elbowing Percy out of the way and bowing deeply. Simply splendid to see you, old boy-Marvelous, said George, pushing Fred aside and seizing Harry's hand in turn. Absolutely spiffing....
Growing up in Fitzgerald, I lived in an intense microcosm, where your neighbor knows what you're going to do even before you do, where you can recognize a family gene pool by the lift of an eyebrow, o...
Go to bed, you fool, Calcifer said sleepily. You're drunk.Who, me? said Howl. I assure you, my friends, I am cone sold stober. He got up and stalked upstairs, feeling for the wall as if he thought it...
Giving these lil’ fellas a gun was important to keep the name of the Rebellions strong, because whenever the name drops, it’s only a matter of time before someone kicks your door in. Scrooge, former l...
Gasping desperately, she clenched her hands on his shoulders, fingers sinking deep. His lips firmed, he suckled gently- Patience felt the earth quake. The heat of his mouth shocked her- the wet sweep...
Für mich ist Emersons Axiom, daß gute Bücher die beste Universität ersetzen, unentwegt gültig geblieben, und ich bin noch heute überzeugt, daß man ein ausgezeichneter Philosoph, Historiker, Philologe,...
For the first time I began to perceive that true sympathy cannot be switched on and off like an electric current, that anyone that identifies himself with the fate of another is robbed to some extent...
For all that was happening to him, his voice was strong and inviting, and his mind was vibrating with a million thoughts. He was intent on proving that the word 'dying' was not synonymous with 'useles...
Flannery O'Connor had a certain genius. I don't think John Updike has, or Norman Mailer or William Styron, all of whom are talented, but they don't exceed themselves in any way. Norman Mailer thinks W...
Fennel, which is the spice for Wednesdays, the day of averages, of middle-aged people. . . . Fennel . . . smelling of changes to come.
Everything we're doing is freakin' iffy. That's what makes it so much fun.
Everybody that went away suffered a broken heart. I'm coming back some day, they all wrote. But never did. The old life was too small to fit anymore.
Every repast can have soul and can be enchanting; it asks for only a small degree of mindfulness and a habit of doing things with care and imagination. -Thomas Moore
Even when our eyes are closed, there's a whole world that exists outside ourselves and our dreams.
Even when I'm alone I have real good company — dreams and imaginations and pretendings. I like to be alone now and then, just to think over things and taste them. But I love friendships — and nice, jo...
En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, no ha mucho tiempo que vivía un hidalgo de los de lanza en astillero, adarga antigua, rocín flaco y galgo corredor. Una olla de algo más v...
Either way, he was always staring into a bottomless pit, or into a whirlpool that forever sucked him inexorably inward to its vortex.
Eat it, I ordered, holding it with two hands now, making it dance in the air. It's begging you. 'Eat me'.He arched a brow.Perv, I muttered.Aiden pressed his lips together, but when he glanced at me an...
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