Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible
suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.
-- James Thurber
suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.
-- James Thurber
Related:
- A husband should not insult his wife publicly, at parties.
He should insult her in the privacy of the home. ... - I have lived some thirty years on this planet and I have yet to
hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from
my seniors.
James... - Moderator: Knows all, sees all,
trips over his/her own two feet... - She developed a persistent troubled frown which gave her the expression
of someone who is trying to repair a watch with his gloves on.
James Thurber (1894... - After you've done a thing the same way for two years look it over carefully.
After five years look at it with suspicion and after... - This house is to be let for life or years;
Her rent is sorrow,
and her income tears. Cupid, 't has long stood void... - My mother told me, "Elwood,"--she always called me "Elwood"-
"in this world you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant... - Ireland is the mother sow that eats her farrow.
--
James Joyce, A Portrait Of The Artist As A Young... - Once upon a time there was a beautiful young girl taking a stroll
through the woods.
All at once she saw an extremely ugly bull frog seated...
