Situated on an island which I think it will one day cover, it rises like Venice from the sea, and like that fairest of cities in the days of her glory, receives into its lap tribute of all the riches of the earth. - Frances Trollope (1827)
We wanted to step off our island and add the color of the third world. We got gold cigarette paper and stuck it around our teeth. We really did look like pirates and dressed to look the part.
Back when I lived in Brooklyn, I'd sometimes take the Q train all the way out to Coney Island and back, and work on my laptop. There's something about pushy New Yorkers looking over your shoulder that really makes you produce sentences.
Normally I give permission to take my daughter for a walk after only the building of a wall and a stone pathway.' He smiled. 'For future reference.' 'But, Pan, I knew after the first week that a walk was not the only thing I would request,' the Pigeo...
A longing to wander tears my heart when I hear trees rustling in the wind at evening. If one listens to them silently for a long time, the longing reveals its kernel, its meaning. It is not so much a matter of escaping from one's suffering, though it...
He studied my appearance carefully. “You cut your hair.” “Yes. Do you like it?” “That depends. How long is it?” I pulled a curl down and showed him it ended just past my shoulder. He grunted, “That’s still long enough, so I like it.�...
Quickly done; long repented.
A donkey cannot trot for long.
The sack of longing has no bottom.
Short love, long sighs.
It is a long lane that has no turning.
Things refuse to be mismanaged long.
It takes a long time to become young.
You're either in it for the long haul or you're not.
I haven't been on the stage in a long time.
I haven't frequented a nail salon in a long time.
It takes a long time to appreciate one's parents.
I took a long period off to be a mom.
In the South they don't care how close you get, as long as you don't get too high. In the North, they don't care how high you get, as long as you don't get too close.
If you could figure out how to live with family then you'd gone a long way toward finding your peace.
I stayed there on the floor like that for a long, long time. Eating and crying. Crying and eating.
