In response, Aldean’s protagonist in the song croons country platitudes romanticizing, among other things, “open space,” the “harvest moon in Kansas,” and the “plains of Oklahoma.” For instance, I believe
It is one of the misfortunes attendant upon great intellects that perforce they comprehend all things, both good and evil.The two young men judged society by the more lofty standard because their social position was at the lowest end of the scale, for unrecognized power is apt to avenge ...
So she danced through the night of Ashley’s wedding in a daze and said things mechanically and smiled and irrelevantly wondered at the stupidity of people who thought her a happy bride and could not see that her heart was broken. Well, thank God, they couldn’t see! That night after ...
Some things remained the same, however. The single god was still used to explain things that could not be explained in any other way. “It’s God’s will.” People imagined God as a being who consciously designed, built, and operated the universe, much as humans designed, built, and op...
We are looking at the craft, and yet she also knew that there map of Isobel's mind. These interpola- were no such things as wit&s." If the . tions are her memories, transmuted by journey was begun in the expectation of pain into nightmare images, and im- by Chava Kwinta 'I . ...
"Not like this, child. But you'll feel other things—" "I haven't the heart," persisted Alvina. "Not yet," said Mrs. Lawson gently. "You can't expect—But time—time brings back—" "Oh well—but I don't believe it," said Alvina. People thought her rather hard. To one of he...