“When I told the operator what was going on she breathed in sharply and asked how many people were with me and whether anyone was hurt.” - Lost In A Good Book - Jasper Fforde
Sounds like fun…
“For over four hours they were at death grips” — Our Soldiers Speak, William Matthews and Dixon Wecter.
Bring. It. On.
“In the spring of 1945, while sitting for a portrait on April 12, President Franklin D. Roosevelt collapsed and died.” - Rough Magic: a biography of Sylvia Plath, Paul Alexander.
SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT.
I usually do this things for my own entertainment and then don’t reblog, but oh, my god. Page 45 of Me and My Electric, a book of short stories about kids with disabilities:
“She can, except it’s very difficult”.
Ditto the first part, and mine was: ‘Irrespective of the work being undertaken, this theme of the work ethic empathises the importance of doing a job diligently.’
Their emphasis. I swear. This is an academic book btw.
(Source: loveclaire)
