Life in America had made her into someone who was always thinking and planning the next step.
“When I was a child, adults would tell me not to make things up, warning me of what would happen if I did. As far as I can tell so far, it seems to involve lots of foreign travel and not having to get up too early in the morning.”
― Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
― Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions
“Really. Is there anything nice to be said about other people's vacations? I balled up the letter and threw it in the trash.”
― Rules of Civility
― Rules of Civility
“Before, prior to. There is no difference between these two except length and a certain affectedness on the part of 'prior to.' To paraphrase Bernstein, if you would use 'posterior to' instead of 'after,' then by all means use 'prior to' instead of 'before.”
― Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
― Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words: A Writer's Guide to Getting It Right
“That's the problem with living in New York. You've got no New York to run away to.”
― Rules of Civility
― Rules of Civility
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