The kind that comes not because I am some sort of beacon of anything but because well, I just happened to catch another break in a never-ending string of them. And in a way, I needed that treatment. A little bit of pain. A little bit of anxiety. A little bit of a brush (a ...
Such-like I love——I loosen myself, pass freely, am at the mother's breast with the little child, Swim with the swimmers, wrestle with wrestlers, march in line with the firemen, and pause, listen, count. 3 I knew a man, a common farmer, the father of five sons, And in them th...
I also don't idle, make the wish, I am the first of the apple is the entrance of the New Year, the flavor, call the general great ah, return in mouth, when apple's sweet aftertaste, black (my roommates,
She slammed the kitchen door and gave it an ugly kick. Then she controlled herself. She poked up the fire, sat down, and put her feet up on the kitchen stove. She read the Farmer's Almanac, drank coffee, and had a smoke with her father's pipe. Her face was hard, stern, and ...
giving up everything we have for others, laying down our lives for our friends . . . then we just assume we don’t understand it yet, we put it on a shelf, and we move on. Because all I need to know is that I am reborn. And here’s what I believe it means to be reborn: ...
understand how fucking exhausted I am, every woman is, today. Exhausted. Climb every mountain, there’ll be a white man there already who took the lift, and gets the prize.” I feel this tweet in my gut this morning. I’d just insert “old” before the “white man”, because I’m...
(Also, I keep meaning to put total what I spend on groceries). I am still determined I spend less than if I were going out to eat and socializing and drinking, but the bill adds up as you walk around and grab a few more Lara Bars ($1.29 ea at whole foods), an onion for this...
Frog: Dear princess, I am here to remind you of the promise you made.Narrator: The princess slammed the door in the frog's face with a big BANG.King: I heard a door slam. What's happening? If you made a promise, you must honour it.Narrator: The princess was angry but obeyed her...
Irritated,I climbed into the car and slammed the doorshut. We sat in silence. I was too upset to make conversation."T asha, would you like to know where we aregoing?" Mam a asked calmly."No," I said."We are going to volunteer at a children's shelter today. I have been there...
This latter meaning is exemplified with the sentences (15) and (16). (15) It was quite obvious he’d been at a pub all the time, because he was quite nicely. (1935) (16) I’m not inebriated..but I am..a little exalted. What I believe is nowadays called nicely thank you. (...