Can I make you understand how much it meant to me that my five years of expectation were so perfectly fulfilled? The hour grew late, and we came away from the restaurant. At the door you asked me whether I was in any hurry, or still had time to spare. How could I hide from you ...
Medicines are not meant to live on. 不能靠药物度日子。 Men are mortal. 人生自古谁无死。 Men, at soome time, are masters of their fates. 人有时是自己命运的主人。 Men know where they were born, not where they shall die. 人能知其生于何地,不能知其死于何方。 Men love to hear well ...
My second son went through a phase where he wanted hair “like Luke Skywalker’s”, by which he meant kind of a mullet. And it saves time and gas, too–no driving to the barber shops! I have always told my kids as they get older that any time they WANT to go somewhere to get ...
“For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;” That is what is meant by being “servants of righteousness”. And...
“We live not for today, but for the ages yet to come, and the children yet unborn.”— Mary Harris (Mother) Jones
The boy did as his grandfather5,but all the water ran6he got home.The grandfather laughed, “You'll have to move faster next time.” This time the boy7faster, but again the basket was empty.He told his grandfather that is was8to carry water in a basket.He wanted to use a bottle ...
I meant to juggle two students during lesson time – a new milestone for us – but we came in for such a rough landing this summer that I wasn’t prepared yesterday, so neither of them “accomplished” much, and this morning my free time has to be allocated to lesson plans that should...
It wasn’t intended as a prophecy, although maybe secretly I hoped it would be. It was mostly meant to be ironic: “Yeah, you know, it’s just a little Stage 4 cancer… but I’ll live!” [shrug] Little did I know how unlikely my survival would be, what a fluke the durability ...
She meant what she said, for she could never long endure any conversation of which she was not the chief subject. But she smiled when she spoke, consciously deepening her dimple and fluttering her bristly black lashes as swiftly as butterflies' wings. The boys were enchanted, as she had in...
that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He lost count of the___of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the___increased and he knew that he would soon have___for the bicycle he was dying for. The day__...