Sheila MacKenzie
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“Now you here and dealing not with him, who is dead, but with me, who is sitting here.”
“But,” he said in exasperation, “that’s not the way it should be.”
“I agree,” Janie King said.
“You agree,” he said, showing some surprise in his voice.
“Yes,” said Janie with a smile. “No idiot should ever be in your position. But since an idiot is and I am dealing with him, it is bloody unfortunate for us both.” She rose.
David Adams Richards River of the Brokenhearted”
― River of the Brokenhearted
“But,” he said in exasperation, “that’s not the way it should be.”
“I agree,” Janie King said.
“You agree,” he said, showing some surprise in his voice.
“Yes,” said Janie with a smile. “No idiot should ever be in your position. But since an idiot is and I am dealing with him, it is bloody unfortunate for us both.” She rose.
David Adams Richards River of the Brokenhearted”
― River of the Brokenhearted
“Reading changes our lives, and our lives change our reading.”
― Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
― Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
“When we pass over into how a knight thinks, how a heroine behaves, and how an evildoer can regret or deny wrongdoing, we never come back quite the same; sometimes we're inspired, sometimes saddened, but we are always enriched. Through this exposure we learn both the commonality and the uniqueness of our own thoughts -- that we are individuals, but not alone.”
― Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
― Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
“There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.”
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“When she stamped her foot, it made a strange thud on the desolate beach. Like a heartbeat.”
― The Bay of Love and Sorrows
― The Bay of Love and Sorrows
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