Robert Howard
- Found Wanting
The Donnelys were like no family I knew. They lived in a ramshackle but comfortable house in Gesu Parish, an attractive neighborhood of tree-lined streets and Colonial and English Tudor houses near the University of Detroit that were the homes of doctors, lawyers, and university professors. No matter what time of day or night, there was nearly always somebody at the Donnelly house and always something going on.
Hannah W Foster
- The Coquette
I believe that I owe you an apology for my long silence. But my time has been much engrossed of late, and my mind much more so. When it will be otherwise, I cannot foresee.
Jack Kerouac
- On the Road
In no time at all, we were back on the main highway and that night I saw the entire state of Nebraska unroll before my eyes. A hundred and ten miles an hour straight through, a narrow road, sleeping towns, no traffic, and the Union Pacific streamliner falling behind us in the moonlight.
Jon and Jane Doe
- Typical Typing Inspiration
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Jill Patton Walsh
- Glass Wheat
She stole a handful of the glass beads, and rubbed them between two stones, and they fell easily into a dry white powder that smelled good. She sent Pattie for a ladle of lake water, and mixed a dough, and rolled it out thin, and made a pancake, and cooked it on the fire. Then, when it looked done, she broke it into four pieces, and gave one to Pattie and one to Joe, and bit into one herself, leaving Father's share in the pan.
David Sedaris
- Dentists Without Borders
One of the things that puzzled me during the American health-care debate was all the talk about socialized medicine and how ineffective it's supposed to be. The Canadian plan was likened to genocide, but even worse were the ones in Europe, where patients languished on filthy cots, waiting for aspirin to be invented. I don't know where these people get their ideas, but my experiences in France, where I've lived off and on for the past thirteen years, have all been good.
Roberto Saviano
- The Port
The container swayed as the crane hoisted it onto the ship. The spread, which hooks the container to the crane, was unable to control its movement, so it seemed to float in the air. The hatches, which had been improperly closed, suddenly sprang open, and dozens of bodies started raining down. They looked like mannequins. But when they hit the ground, their heads split open, as if their skulls were real. And they were. Men, women, even a few children, came tumbling out of the container.
