from fiction to academic writing, is the word “said.” Any time a writer is referencing the words or thoughts expressed by another person, whether that be thoughts expressed verbally or in writing,an appropriate way to introduce--or attribute--that person’s thoughts is with the phrase “sai...
When we first started dating I would hear at least once a day “I will do this at a pace that is good for me!”. As the impatient person that I am, I struggled with this. However, I was so attracted to him and the way he used his words that I would stand and wait for him ...
‘Nonsense,’ boomed the great Earth-Price. ‘I am the bounty and I provide for all in my domain.’ ‘Yes,’ replied Oppo. ‘But you do so alone. You have taken no wife. And there are many who would be your companion.’ Oppo saw a pain born of loneliness darken the god’s face...
"And of course the house has never been wired for electricity. We have candles and lamps; they both draw bugs, but which would you prefer?" "Whichever you've got the most of," he said, really wanting candles, for they brought to mind the St. Deval Street Secret Nine, a neighborhood ...
“You ought to do penance,” boomed the deacon from the depths of the altar, looking contemptuously at Andrey Andreyitch’s embarrassed face, “that would teach you to leave off being so clever! Your daughter was a well-known actress. There were even notices of her death in the newspapers...
But the sad need thereof, his nearing death, So mocked humanity that she shamed to prize A world conditioned thus, or care for breath Where Nature such dilemmas could devise. 1866. REVULSION Though I waste watches framing words to fetter Some spirit to mine own in clasp and kiss, Out of...
Who can surrender to Christ, dividing his best with the stranger, Giving to each what he asks, braving the uttermost danger All for the enemy, MAN? Who can surrender till death His words and his works, his house and his lands, His eyes and his heart and his breath? Who can surrender...
In other words, the marshalling yard is 200 miles south-west of the factory, as noted by the Night Raid Report: So it looks to me like the marshalling yards near Fives were the actual target for the bombers on the night of 10 May 1944. While the bombing was mostly accurate, some ...
(for me the number of blocks you have to make for a large quilt becomes more daunting when they start to take on epic proportions where you have to start referring to their count with words like DOZENS). But I truly loved the results I was getting. The square in a square let me ...
Leith Clay-Randolph threw his glamour over her for fifteen long minutes, whilst I brooded with my cigar, and then she fluttered back with vague words and the suggestion of a cast-off suit I would never miss. “Surely I shall never miss it,” I said, and I had in mind the dark ...