Chong Binkley

“So after some instruction, Joseph put on the apron and started carefully polishing the clean dishes even though it made no sense to him.
Over the course of the day, he learned how to wash the floors and clean the windows and empty out the iron stove. Soon the kitchen smelled of lemons and spices, fresh bread and soap.
There was a short break for lunch before resuming work. The light shifted during the afternoon and cascaded through the clean windows, burnishing the room with gold.
Joseph was so focused on the work, on the patters of the silverware and the curve of the handles on the ancient pitchers and measuring cups, that he forgot for a little while about his parents, and St. Anthony's, and the fire, and losing Blink. He felt a kind of pride in being allowed to touch all the delicate glassware, plates, and bowls, and he hadn't broken a single thing.”
― Brian Selznick, The Marvels

“Cho đến khi cơn giận hết hơi và những câu hỏi hết quan trọng. Tôi đã làm gì, không làm gì, cô đã làm gì tôi - đó chính là cuộc đời tôi mà.”
― Bernhard Schlink, The Reader

“What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.”
― A.A. Milne

“Denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.”
― Philip Gourevitch, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families