"Of cats' first disobedience, and the height Of that forbidden tree whose doom'd ascent Brought man into the world to help us down And made us subject to his moods and whims, For though we may have knock'd an apple loose As we were carried safely to ...
They were talking more distantly than if they were strangers who had just met, for if they had been he would have been interested in her just because of that, and curious, but their common past was a wall of indifference between them. Kitty knew too ...
You who never arrived in my arms, Beloved, who were lost from the start, I don't even know what songs would please you. I have given up trying to recognize you in the surging wave of the next moment. All the immense images in me -- the far-off, deepl...
Mallory: [On Andrea] He's going to kill me when the war's over. Major Franklin: You're not serious. Mallory: Yes, I am. So is he. [pause] Mallory: About a year ago, I gave a German patrol a safe passage to get some of their wounded into hospital. I g...
[from extended version] Pippin: [to himself] What were you thinking, Peregrin Took? What service could a Hobbit offer such a great lord of men? Faramir: [approaching] It was well done. Generous deeds should not be checked by cold council. You are to ...
Bill Sampson: Looks like I'm going to have a very fancy party... Margo Channing: I thought you were going to be late. Bill Sampson: When I'm guest of honor? Margo Channing: I had no idea you were even here. Bill Sampson: I ran into Eve on my way upst...
The best lies were always mixed with truth.
Her lips were frosted with sugar and faeriedust.
Told ya you were special.
For a moment, it was almost as if they were friends again.
The cork was in the bottle. He and the Atropos were trapped.
When I was a girl the books I read were by men.
My feeling about in-laws was that they were outlaws.
There was no 'I' in team, but there was meat in team. And we were all dead meat.
All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.'
When kids my age were picking up toy cars, I used to buy toy guns.
When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them.
Before there were any sort of 'recordings' there was performance. If we are devolved back to the Stone Age tomorrow, there will be performance.
I was standing on the deck of the USS Blue, a destroyer. We were all alone out there at this buoy, tied up.
I was alone a lot as a kid, because my parents were divorced.
Things like 'Lucky Man' were never written to even be a record, let alone a hit record.
