Jess Dismore

“It's a party. A big Dog Party.”
― P.D. Eastman

“Mary tried to look reassuring. “It’s a house party, he said,” she directed at the Falconers, “Sir Viktor’s holding a house party for the convenience of the police. It’s like an old-fashioned mystery novel.”
― Susan Rowland, Murder on Family Grounds

“He had been always about to paint a masterpiece, but had never yet begun it.”
― O. Henry, The Complete Works of O. Henry: Short Stories, Poems and Letters

“Don’t you want to know what happened?” Carol turned to look at her and put her hands on her hips. She said, “No, I don’t, because I don’t want you making a story out of it, because as soon as you make a story out of it, then it keeps happening every time you tell it, and if you make a good story out of it, then you’re gonna want to tell it, so don’t bother.”
― Jane Smiley, Moo