Was it okay? Adam had turned down so many offers of help from Gansey. Money for school, money for food, money for rent. Pity and charity, Adam had thought. For so long, he'd wanted Gansey to see him as an equal, but it was possible that all this time...
In the country whereto I go I shall not see the face of my friend Nor her hair the color of sunburnt grasses; Together we shall not find The land on whose hills bends the new moon In air traversed of birds. What have I thought of love? I have said, "...
I wish people would spread a Faustian rumor about me.' I leaned over and knocked Sunshine's hand out of Luke's hair. 'A Faustian myth,' I repeated. 'It's so much more interesting than just being that nouveau-poor blond girl who lives in a big house w...
i get a little romantic about the old Empire State. Just looking at it makes me want to play some Frank Sinatra tunes and sway a little. I have a crush on a building. I'd been in there several times but never to work. I always knew there were offices...
When I really like something, I tend to never listen to it again. I want to remember the feeling even more than I want to remember the music. If you get that record back out, you risk learning that it’s not as good in reality as it is inside of you...
And a ride in a hearse tells us we’re all close to that final cruise . . . when the body dies and we move on. It’s just the body, man. It’s just the body. The soul’s already gone. So don’t be afraid of a dead body absent a soul. It’s empt...
Al parecer anhelamos un privilegio, merecido no por nuestros esfuerzos, sino por nacimiento, digamos que por el mero hecho de ser humanos y de haber nacido en la Tierra. Podríamos llamarla la noción antropocéntrica, <>. Está noción alcanza su cu...
Una científica compañera mía me contaba un reciente viaje que realizó a la meseta de Nueva Guinea, donde visitó una tribu todavía en la edad de piedra que apenas había tenido contactos con la civilización. Ignoraban lo que son los relojes de ...
That's what a man is supposed to do for his wife. Listen, if a nigger didn't get lynched every now and then, well, there's just no telling what they'd do to us." "Who?" Lily asked. "Why, honey, the niggers and our husbands both. I don't care what col...
[the Good Ole Boys arrive late] Jake: My name is Jacob Stein. I'm from the American Federation of Music. I've been sent to see if you gentlemen are carrying your permits. Tucker McElroy: Our what? Jake: Your union cards. May I see your cards please? ...
[the brothers race around the mall parking lot] Elwood: We'll be all right if we can just get back on the expressway. Jake: This don't look like no expressway to me! Elwood: Don't yell at me. Jake: Well whadda you want me to do, Motorhead? Elwood: Tr...
Night, which in Autumn seems to fall from the sky so suddenly, chilled us...
She seemed like the kind of woman who would fall in love with the sky.
AESTHETICS OF INTEGRITY For every star in the sky Someone is holding his ground.
Most civilizations had more fiction than they did real history.
There is no truth on this island of yours. Rather, there are as many truths as there are stars in the sky; and every one of them different.
He missed him like he would miss the sun if it fell out of the sky.
...the bones of cirrus clouds stand out like ribs against the sky - an angel is stretching...
What were we talking before I was so rudely interrupted by a flying citrus ?
Learning and skill are things to be proud of; they are the stars that light the sky of one’s lifetime.
Dreams are not real; but when you are inside a dream, it is real to you.
