It pained her that a few hundred words in an also-ran newspaper could get her kicked out. That damned article. And Rook. Her sharpest agony. She had invested in this guy. Waited for this guy. Felt something for this guy that went beyond the bedroom ....
Something went greatly wrong in our collective history and the starting point of it was the industrial revolution. Our school systems are focussed on a single objective: to produce model citizens for society in order to feed this machine and prevent ...
In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him. Irony was the final polish of the shoe, the ultimate dab of the clothes-brush, a ...
It is well that there are palaces of peace And discipline and dreaming and desire, Lest we forget our heritage and cease The Spirit’s work—to hunger and aspire: Lest we forget that we were born divine, Now tangled in red battle’s animal net, Mu...
To pray you open your whole self To sky, to earth, to sun, to moon To one whole voice that is you And know there is more That you can't see, can't hear Can't know except in moments Steadly growing, and in languages That aren't always sound but other ...
Nick, Surplus Store Owner: [showing D-Fens his selection of hiking boots] Let's see what we got. These here are the top of the line. Scientifically engineered and all that crap. Guaranteed by some Sierra Club asshole not to hurt a chipmunk IF you ste...
Mr. Fox: They say all foxes are slightly allergic to linoleum, but it's cool to the paw - try it. They say my tail needs to be dry cleaned twice a month, but now it's fully detachable - see? They say our tree may never grow back, but one day, somethi...
If a forest catches fire, both the dry and the wet will burn up.
Every man has a fool up his sleeve.
The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.
If the king says that it is night in the middle of the day, look up at the stars.
Life is a ladder -- some will climb up it, others down.
Believe the liar up to the door of his house and no further than that.
He that hath no children doth bring them up well.
The weather, fleecy clouds, and a made up woman don't last long.
A real scoundrel turned up and they took off their hats to him.
A little fire burns up a great deal of corn.
You may lock up the cock, but the sun will still rise.
A pig used to dirt turns up his nose at rice.
Some will enjoy the honey, others will have to put up with the sting.
A dressed up lie is worth more than a badly told truth.
