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| 942a100 | I hope the time is coming when not only the artist, but the common, average man, who always 'has the standard of the arts in his power,' will have also the courage to apply it, and will reject the ideal grasshopper wherever he finds it, in science, in literature, in art, because it is not 'simple, natural, and honest,' because it is not like a real grasshopper. But I will own that I think the time is yet far off, and that the people who hav.. | William Dean Howells | ||
| 155fbc5 | In fact, every American that Dickens shows in the book is a homicidal idiot, except one--and he wanted to live abroad! Well! You can't tell me that a degenerate bunch like that could have taken the very river- bottom swamps that Dickens describes, and in three generations have turned 'em into the prosperous cement-paved powerful country that they are today! Yet Europe goes on reading hack authors who still steal their ideas from 'Martin Chu.. | Sinclair Lewis | ||
| a0d02fb | I don't know," said the papa. "We shall just have to keep on and see. Perhaps when they meet the Prince and Princess we shall find out. I don't suppose a boy would fall in love with a boy." "No," said the niece; "but he might want to go off with him and have fun, or something." "That's true," said the papa. "We've got to all watch out." | William Dean Howells | ||
| 59c4a4b | Why, Alma," whispered the mother, "who in the world can it be at this time of night? You don't suppose he--" "Well, I'm not going to the door, anyhow, mother, I don't care who it is; and, of course, he wouldn't be such a goose as to come at this hour." She put on a look of miserable trepidation, and shrank back from the door, while the hum of the bell died away, in the hall. "What shall we do?" asked Mrs. Leighton, helplessly. "Let him go a.. | mum | William Dean Howells | |
| f54e09b | There's always something to say on both sides, even when one's a wrong side. That's what makes it all so tiresome-makes you wish you were dead. Take the right side and stick to that. | William Dean Howells | ||
| ed86c94 | Character is a superstition, a wretched fetish. Once a year wouldn't be too often to seize upon sinners whose blameless life has placed them above suspicion, and turn them inside out before the community, so as to show people how the smoke of the Pit had been quietly blackening their interior. | William Dean Howells | ||
| 647d1a0 | NoMarch felt the forces of fate closing about him and pushing him to a decision. He feebly fought them off till he could have another look at the flat. Then, baked and subdued still more by the unexpected presence of Mrs. Grosvenor Green herself, who was occupying it so as to be able to show it effectively, he took it. He was aware more than ever of its absurdities; he knew that his wife would never cease to hate it; but he had suffered one.. | indecision responsibilities | William Dean Howells | |
| 1c6ff68 | He parted from him on the usual terms outwardly, but he felt obscurely abused by Fulkerson in regard to the Dryfooses, father and son. He did not know but Fulkerson had taken an advantage of him in allowing him to commit himself to their enterprise with out fully and frankly telling him who and what his backer was; he perceived that with young Dryfoos as the publisher and Fulkerson as the general director of the paper there might be very li.. | indecision | William Dean Howells | |
| f13afd8 | That's what makes me really think that women can never amount to anything in art. They keep all their appointments, and fulfil all their duties just as if they didn't know anything about art. | William Dean Howells | ||
| 4a52998 | I am yours, for time and eternity--time and eternity. | love mgg time-and-eternity william-dean-howells | William Dean Howells | |
| f3e4a2f | ideas, different ways of looking at the world." "Different beliefs?" "Yes, different beliefs, too. But we don't have contact with other people. We go far too many years without seeing anyone other than ourselves. In fact, I do not think it is a good thing that we spend our entire lives on this ship." "Why not?" I was amazed at how open she was with me, and I wanted to encourage her to keep talking. "We stagnate, and we have no history." "We.. | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| 693defa | Mysteries we did find, and they were many. But I learned that something can be too mysterious, too alien - so mysterious or alien as to approach being meaningless: | alienocene xeno-semiotics xenoformation | Richard Paul Russo | |
| 16cef7a | I can imagine the second part of the verse as perhaps once mistranscribed, or misunderstood--maybe even out of fear. Change it ever so slightly, just a couple of words, and it becomes something very different." He closed his eyes, and quoted the changed verse. "But unto Leviathan thou gavest the seventh part, namely the moist; and hast kept him to devour whom thou wilt, and when." He paused again. "Now we have something that appears to desc.. | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| 35b5d6d | Par grinned. "What's so funny?" "You are, Bartolomeo." "Everything you've said is true," Nikos added, "but it's not that simple. Your choices, your decisions, were not necessarily the wrong choices. Sometimes, they were the right choices, the moral choices. They just didn't work out." "That's an understatement." "I'm" | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| dfa31cf | Steam rose from the river, from the building rooftops, from the mud, from the trees surrounding the town--antediluvian jungle. I | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| 2a3c7d0 | What else are we going to do? An alien starship, Bartolomeo. As far as we know, this is the first and only time in human history that we have had any contact, any evidence of an intelligent alien civilization. We can't just stop now, leave it all behind as if it didn't exist." That" | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| 59df67b | Now, for the second thing we need. Father Veronica. Tell us about . . . the Church's historical records." "NO!" Bishop Soldano rose to his feet, slamming his hands on the table. "Let her speak," Nikos said. "Don't do this, Veronica." Father Veronica appeared unhappy, yet determined. "It's too late, Eminence." "It is a betrayal of the Church!" "No. It is upholding the Church's principles. God's principles." The bishop sat down heavily and cl.. | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| 2a9a613 | Ten minutes later, after we had gathered everyone in the main cabin, I had nine volunteers to stay in the alien ship while the shuttle took the old woman back to the Argonos; ten, including me. That was everyone. We would all stay. "I" | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| 7a6a944 | FATHER Veronica finally came to see me again. She was distraught, and apologized for not coming sooner. "I was denied access to you," she explained. "Why?" "I still don't know. Perhaps because of what we talked about when I was here; I was probably unwisely indiscreet. I have been permitted to visit any of the prisoners except you. It's taken all this time for me to work out permission for one last visit." One" | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| fade174 | I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned to see Father Veronica, not looking at me but gazing at the monitor with fear and wonder. "Bartolomeo," | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| 3bbc1b6 | The Constitution is) nothing less than a fraud on the Fijian people". | Apisai Tora | ||
| c22825f | Aguilera is a man who has provided wise counsel over the years, has demonstrated an acute mind and an ability to view things from a perspective different from that of most people. And I think that a different perspective is exactly what we need in this situation." "I" | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| 3f99661 | Before that, there was no official ship History. The only official records were the ship's logs." He sighed heavily, shaking his head. "But they were all destroyed. Which is why the History was begun, to provide an alternate" | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| 7be0b2d | I had my own skeptic's thoughts about God and free will, but that was a discussion for another time. The idea of human beings in power acting out of anything except self-interest, however, was absurd to me. "Are you being naive?" I asked her. "No," | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| 80d424c | Nikos stared out across the bleached sand, the scattered cacti and rock. "Walk with me a while, Bartolomeo." We walked together across the hot sand, an arm's length apart. I'd already lost my orientation, and when I looked around, I found I could not locate the entrance I'd used; I was struck by the irrational fear that I might never be able to find my way out of there. Or that Nikos would murder me. My body could remain undiscovered for de.. | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| 87fc3b8 | Either way, though, how is it that God lets these terrible things happen?" She hesitated before answering. "That is a meaningless question," she eventually said. "I don't understand. Isn't that the kind of question the bishop and priests try to answer all the time?" "I have beliefs somewhat different from others in the Church." "Having belief of any kind would be different from the bishop," I said. I thought I could see her smile. "Oh, the .. | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| 9a6ae62 | Those are God-like qualities. Not in power, but in choice. If He had created us in such a way that we could only do good, if we were incapable of acting badly, selfishly, causing pain or harm, then the notion of free will would be meaningless, would it not? Not only that, true free will precludes God's intervention in our lives. There is no real free will if God intercedes to protect us or save us from the consequences of our own or other p.. | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| 457645d | She came flying out at us, screeching again, but this time we were prepared. She was still strong and wild, but there were three of us and it wasn't long before we subdued her. I held her from behind, pinning her arms to her side, my hands gripping one another tightly; my artificial arms would not tire, although my shoulders eventually would. "We mean you no harm," I said softly. "Do you understand me?" Her only response was a pained, high .. | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| 7154fa8 | and sometimes we have to take it on faith that we are actually making progress, getting closer to our destination. Faith. Four months | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| b6a1681 | Cantus astronomicus, domine astronomy . . ." She was chanting what seemed to be a mix of ersatz Latin and Standard. I knelt" | Richard Paul Russo | ||
| 5094bee | I would like to say that the following days were filled with awe and excitement, with marvels and wonders, astonishing discoveries. If they were, the marvels went unrecognized. Mysteries we did find, and they were many. But I learned that something can be too mysterious, too alien - so mysterious or alien as to approach being meaningless: -two connected rooms crisscrossed by metal rods; we had to laboriously climb through them each time we .. | cosmic-pessimism numinous | Richard Paul Russo | |
| 44170da | Jubal threw his sign down in disgust and stalked away from the group. Sosi ran after him, the clipboard with the soggy petition | Anne McCaffrey | ||
| dbb34db | As expected, Nevada's summer heat was oppressive; temperatures under the desert sun bubbled around the 130-degree mark, which made it even harder for Monroe and almost everyone except [Clark] Gable to put in a full day's work. Though he had a chauffeured limousine at his disposal, he drove himself back and forth to work in his silver Mercedes-Benz SC. He always arrived punctually at eight-forty-five A.M., bringing along gallon Thermoses of .. | full-day-s-work hard-working integrity punctuality | Warren G. Harris | |
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| 0e05e43 | the bad professors pit themselves against the class, but "the good professors get half of the class debating with the other half." Similarly, "Harry would get half of the crew competing with the other half--setting records for hard work, for dedication, and the like. He did not get us debating with him." | Toby Ayer | ||
| ec8073f | LUCY and Desi. Lucy and Ricky. As far as the public knew, the private life of the Arnazes closely resembled that of the Ricardos on the TV screen; a camera crew just dropped by once a week to film a half hour of slapstick and tender kisses. | Warren G. Harris | ||
| fdc8727 | All Sam Peckinpah ever did in his movies was show that getting hit on the chin doesn't sound like [makes a small popping noise]. When one grown man hits another grown man in the face, it splatters like an overripe tomato. And it's not fun getting killed. It's bloody and gory and altogether unpleasant. That's all Sam Peckinpah ever did. | film movies sam-peckinpah violence | Harry Crews | |
| 2870af7 | Would I be right in thinking you've been attacked by a Zeppelin crewed by German airmen?" The entire group looked astonished. "How did you know?" said the mayor. "We've been on their tail for a while." Khuwelsa put her hand over her face to hide her smile at Harry's exaggerated account of the situation. The mayor looked at Harry, then Khuwelsa, then the Pegasus. "You're chasing them?" -- | Steve Turnbull | ||
| abd5500 | We came on the wind of the carnival. Eight and a half long years ago, on a wind that seemed to promise so much; a mad wind, full of confetti and scented with smoke and pancakes cooked by the side of the road. The pancake stall is still there, and the crowds that line the side of the street, and the flower-decked cart with its motley crew of fairies, wolves and witches. I bought a from that very stall. I bought one now, to remember. Still .. | flavors pancakes reminiscing wind | Joanne Harris | |
| fe61e96 | Do not play this piece fast It is never right to play Ragtime fast.... --SCOTT JOPLIN | E.L. Doctorow | ||
| bf91195 | Joe Lon and Willard slipped out of their shirts. Willard flipped over and walked around in the dirt on his hands. Joe Lon took the bottle of whiskey out of his back pocket, set it carefully on the step of the Winnebago, checking out Susan Gender's red pants again as he did. Then he went into a steady handstand and did six dips, his nose just short of the dirt each time he went down. They both came off their hands and looked at Duffy. "I'm i.. | fitness humorous | Harry Crews | |
| be53cb2 | Todo hombre es inventor del mundo y justifica todo lo que hay en el mediante el milagro de si mismo, de la misma forma que todo hombre esta convencido de que su nombre aparece el primero en la lista para entrar en el cielo... Todo catolico sabe que podria haber sido Papa si se hubieran dado las circunstancias, y todo criminal, hasta el mas insignificante, cree en su fuero interno que en realidad es Pretty Boy Floyd o John Dillinger. Todo ho.. | HARRY CREWS | ||
| b54eff9 | As CSU continued to bag and photograph, as the LIRR and Transit detectives and his own crew began to work the waiting room, wandering among the semiconscious potential wits like a squadron of visiting nurses, Billy noticed that one of the commuters sleeping there had what appeared to be blood on his Rangers jersey. | Harry Brandt | ||
| 5e9be3f | Children do make life more interesting, he thought. | S.M. Stirling |