In our 2009 survey, 80 percent of the Usage Panel accepted the example He began the chapter with a quote from the Bible. The same percentage accepted He lightened up his talk by throwing in quotes from Marx Brothers movies. These results represent a much higher level of acceptance than in ...
He went into a depression, not working for months, until one night he wandered out of his house in the Los Gatos hills, stared at the star-filled sky, and had an epiphany: In the face of the awesome celestial epic, what was the point of being depressed? All you could do, really, ...
Epigraph to the final chapter from Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny. Suggested by Corwin Better one of us died in Hellwell, for great is the pride of the First. Kali, to Sam from Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny. Suggested by Corwin Death and Light are everywhere, always, and they...
Zack: [to himself] This is the best night of my life. Brandon: Am I making a spectacle? Because I could make a much bigger scene. I'm sorry, Pittsburg, listen up Monroevers, my name is Brandon St. Randy, and I love Bobby Long! Zack: Fucking A! Brandon: Is that enough for you...
Both from above and below. The last thing either one of us needs is Mr. Wick paying us a visit in the night. For both our sakes, I'll hope you see to it that this situation is taken care of, yes? Winston: Absolutely. How far can he get? Helpful•1 0 The Elder: I can ...
- F. Scott Fitzgerald,Tender is the Night, Book 1, Chapter 6 "he opened the gate to his amusing world. So long as they subscribed to it completely, their happiness was his preoccupation, bit at the fist flicker of doubt as to its all-inclusiveness he evaporated before their eyes, leavin...
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The trees and shrubs rear white arms to the sky on every side; and where were walls and fences we see fantastic forms stretching in the frolic gambols across the dusky landscape, as if nature had strewn her fresh designs over the fields by night as models for man’s art. ...
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From chapter 'Jottings from a Note-book', in Canadian Stories (1918), 167. Science quotes on: | Atlantic (8) | Degree (277) | Lukewarm (2) | Never (1089) | Potato (11) | Whole (756) (source) For the birth of something new, there has to be a happening. Newton saw an apple...