Jeff Kirchner

“The dash is pure body; the marathon is pure mind. The mile is body, mind and spirit. “The mile remains the classic distance,” wrote Paul Gallico, “because it calls for brains and rare judgment as well as speed, condition and courage.” And its searching third quarter requires the leap of faith that what you are doing is worth the effort.”
― George Sheehan, Running & Being: The Total Experience

“On the heels of their second of six eventual screen pairings in Street of Chance, stars William Powell and Kay Francis were teamed for a third time in For the Defense.”
― Cliff Aliperti, 11 Pre-Code Hollywood Movie Histories: Early Depression-Era Melodramas, Adaptations, and Headline Stories

“War’s a pleasure—do you hear me?—War’s a pleasure compared to what faces us now: trying to build up a peacetime with you in the middle of it.”
― Thornton Wilder, Three Plays: Our Town, The Matchmaker, and The Skin of Our Teeth

“It seemed cruel to say, There are no deer here—only rats. Maybe Sarah was living in her memory now, from when she was a girl in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where there were always deer about.”
― Jai Chakrabarti, A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness: Stories