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| Link | Quote | Stars | Tags | Author |
| cf750bb | Never before had he met anyone who knew, or cared, that it was Chesterfield who said: Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote. | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| d46ac39 | The sky was Alice blue (one | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 00e3802 | Howard and I now operate a halfway house for wayward or unwanted cats, as well as a boarding school for the truly gifted and a placement bureau for upwardly mobile felines (Fluppies). The Fluppie Phenomenon should not be taken lightly. The time may come when all household appliances, particularly computers, are required to be catproof. Today's catly mischief could be tomorrow's CATastrophe. | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| f781633 | How do you describe your style?" he asked as they drove back to the rocky beach. "Descriptive but not realistic. Makes viewers use a little imagination. That's good for 'em. Imagination's a muscle; needs exercise." | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 73b5a48 | A cat without a tail is better than a politician without a head. Theres a destiny that leads a hungry cat to the right doorstep. Home is where the sardines are. No matter how humble, a free meal is not to be sniffed at. Where theres a will, a cat will find a way. Soft cushions are for catsall others use them at their own risk. What goes down must come up, if its a pill. | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| c392edb | Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London is full of women of the highest society who have remained thirty-five for years. | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 905cb32 | You | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 0f4753b | cool koko also says Dumb animals know more about humans than dumb humans know about animals. | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| f7b4586 | I only know that a wise man once said three hundred years ago that money is like muck; it doesn't do any good unless you spread it around. | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 2b3d8a2 | spread the rumor and, before anyone knows, it's a fact | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| fd3e2a6 | You know what they say: All Welshmen sing. All Scots are thrifty. All Englishmen have stiff upper lips. And all Irishmen write plays. | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| ceba60b | What a touching domestic scene! I suppose the demographers have you classified as an untraditional family: one man, two cats." "One man, two animal companions," he corrected her." | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 1edf2f2 | What lofty subject are you addressing in Tuesday's column?" she asked. "Pencils! I've just discovered a source for the fat yellow pencils with thick soft leads that were standard equipment on my first newspaper job. I've ordered a gross. More and more I draft my copy longhand while sitting with my feet up." "Don't I remember old movies in which reporters loafed around the office with their hats on and their feet on the desk?" "They weren't .. | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 6445676 | The Siamese had finished their three-hour morning nap and had not yet settled down for their four-hour afternoon siesta. It was their Mischief Hour. Yum Yum was batting a pencil she had stolen from the writing table, and Koko was parading around with a sweat sock that Qwilleran used for biking. | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 8d70676 | Qwilleran worked hard and fast at the office that day, while the clerk in the Feature Department intercepted all phone calls and uninvited visitors with the simple explanation that permits no appeal, no argument, no exceptions. "Sorry, he's on deadline." | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| d2aa595 | We call this building the Architects' Revenge. The balconies are designed to be too sunny, too windy, and too dirty. The cinders that hurtle through my living room are capable of putting out an eyeball. But it's a good address. Some of the best people live in this building, several of them blind in one eye. | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 2289c5b | Qwilleran, never an early riser by choice, now found himself routed out of bed at dawn when the birds convened for their morning singsong and the Siamese wanted to join them. Koko and Yum Yum would station themselves outside his bedroom door, the one yowling in an operatic baritone and the other uttering soprano shrieks until he got up and transported them to the gazebo. Yum Yum simply wanted to bat insects on the screens, but Koko was fasc.. | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 45d808d | There was a game they played at dinner. The word "delicious" was out of bounds. On this occasion the eggs were robust, the grilled salmon was succulent, the salad had verve, Polly's blackberry cobbler had zest, and Qwilleran's seven-layer chocolate cake had a certain nobility." | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| cc86e39 | Apple barn's better'n a pig barn," they chortled over coffee mugs in the cafes. After four years they had become accustomed to the sight of Mr. Q's oversize moustache with its melancholy droop. They no longer questioned the unorthodox W in the spelling of Qwilleran. And most of them now accepted the fact that the middle-aged divorced bachelor chose to live alone--with two cats!" | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| e642745 | office | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 6da236b | We designed the house to go with her looks. | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 6629653 | She gazed into space, afflicted by sudden deafness, a common disorder in felines. | Lilian Jackson Braun | ||
| 69fff4e | I shall never forget how the red ball of the sun hung on the horizon and raced along with the train for a short space," she later wrote, "and then plunged below the belly-band of the earth. There have been other suns that set in significance for me, but that sun! It was a book-mark in the pages of a life." While" | Valerie Boyd | ||
| 831afd6 | To mention just a few: Brian McLaren, The Last Word and After That; Valerie Tarico, Trusting Doubt; Greg Boyd, Benefit of the Doubt; Rachel Held Evans, Faith Unravelled (formerly, Evolving in Monkeytown); Philip Yancey, Disappointment with God; Anne Lamott, Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith. | Peter Enns | ||
| 77ee97b | Zora did not mince words in this chapter and nothing seemed to escape her critical eye. Speaking of Christian hypocrisy, for example, she wrote: "Popes and Prelates, Bishops and Elders have halted sermons on peace at the sound of battle and rushed out of their pulpits brandishing swords and screaming for blood in Jesus' name. The pews followed the pulpit in glee. So it is obvious that the Prince of Peace is nothing more than a symbol." | Valerie Boyd | ||
| 0f35fc1 | They watched while Valerie found her keys and opened the car. A prod of the knife and she climbed into the driver's seat. The figure opened the back door, threw a holdall into the back and then got into the passenger seat behind her. They could see the figure raise his arms and reach forward over the driver's seat. Valerie Manning lurched back into her seat. Her head thrashing to the left and right. | Damien Boyd | ||
| 14f11bc | Harlem's rents were twelve to thirty dollars a month higher than in other areas of the city, although black New Yorkers earned lower salaries than their white counterparts. In the mid-1920s, thirty dollars was a significant chunk of money, equal to about $300 today. Still, a 1924 Urban League study found that Negroes paid from 40 percent to 60 percent higher rents than white people for the same class of apartments--and segregated housing pr.. | Valerie Boyd | ||
| 6277339 | The one who makes the idols never worships them, however tenderly he might have molded the clay. | Valerie Boyd | ||
| f9c27dc | Zora and her playmate Carrie Roberts also "spent long afternoons reading what Moses told the Hebrews not to do in Leviticus," Zora remembered. "In that way I found out a number of things the old folks would not have told me. Not knowing what we were actually reading, we got a lot of praise from our elders for our devotion to the Bible." | Valerie Boyd | ||
| fc3bb0e | amazing became the It utterance of the millennium's first decade. Never were so many so amazed at so much that amounts to so little. If | Arthur Plotnik | ||
| e611af3 | Once word got out about who he really was, he was sure Wally was going to be ecstatic over never having to publicly acknowledge him again. | Beverly Jenkins | ||
| 69bc554 | Natalie Greer is as spoiled as a pan of milk set out in the sun. | Beverly Jenkins | ||
| 348276b | She drawled, "I think I'd really like to see that gun of yours later." | paranormal-romance | Lynsay Sands | |
| 50f0e29 | Where did your clothes go? | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 2baffd7 | If this is a dream, why aren't I young and handsome for you?" "You are young and handsome to me," she said huskily, and reached up to slip one hand around his neck. "I like you just the way you are. I find you sexy just as you are. I want you just as your are." | snow | Lynsay Sands | |
| 82872f8 | Physically she was like a swan among more humble fowl - tall, willowy, and exceptionally pretty with fair skin and golden hair, whereas the Chardins were plain and dark, stocky and short. | snobbery stereotypes superficiality sweet-valley | Francine Pascal | |
| f44be15 | Anders turned to peer at her and hesitated. He wanted to kiss her. More out of curiosity than any great desire. The more he got to know this woman, the more he liked her. He admired her courage and strength, and was impressed by how well she'd trained her dog. The loyalty the animal showed her mistress spoke well. And so far, he liked everything about her. But he wasn't lusting after her, and wanted to know if kissing her would bring on the.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 5cf4df5 | Money is not the secret to happiness, | Lynsay Sands | ||
| b9790f7 | was suddenly in a panic. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 094bc21 | I would rather have you alive and immortal and not with me, than dead and never mine, | Lynsay Sands | ||
| be6c46e | The girls wore clothes that hadn't been fashionable for at least a year. There was only one blonde in the room, and she didn't even have a tan. | Francine Pascal | ||
| 32724a3 | Ye ha'e to laugh at life's trials. It makes them lighter to carry. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 6a6d357 | You can quit pretending. She's outside." Anders glanced up innocently from the book. "What makes you think I was pretending?" "Well, it's that or you've taken a sudden interest in The Joy of Pregnancy," she said dryly, retrieving the suntan lotion from a kitchen drawer. Anders flipped the book over with dismay to stare at the cover. It was indeed The Joy of Pregnancy. Closing the drawer, Leigh added, "And you were reading it upside down." C.. | Lynsay Sands | ||
| 10bcc1b | His gaze slid over Valerie, noting that her hair was nearly dry and now fell in soft, golden waves around her face. Her clean face, he noted. Anders hadn't seen Valerie since delivering her to the Enforcer house. The dirt that had covered her then had hidden what he now saw were very fine features. The woman had incredible eyes: wide, almost emerald green, with long thick lashes surrounding them. She had a pert nose and lips that were lovel.. | Lynsay Sands |