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What was creepier, a man who loved clip-on ties or a girl who kept a log of fantasy fathers hidden in her desk drawer?
Guilt is a hunter. My conscience mocked me, picking fights like a petulant child. It's all your fault, the voice whispered. I
Whether love of friend, love of country, love of God, or even love of enemy - love reveals to us the truly miraculous nature of the human spirit.
So, you hate me?" He laughed.
How could Mother have tolerated Kretzsky? She claimed he had helped her.
"I hate me, too," he said.
How could Mother have tolerated Kretzsky? She claimed he had helped her.
"I hate me, too," he said.
I felt as if I were riding a pendulum. Just as I would swing into the abyss of hopelessness, the pendulum would swing back with some small goodness.
This was the type of man who looked at a picture on the wall and instead of admiring the photo, looked at his own reflection in the glass. I
Patrick wanted someone else. I wanted him to be happy, but why couldn't he be happy with me? I knew the answer. He couldn't choose me.
I don't want to see no dead body. Willie ain't in there. She put her walkin' shoes on. She gone to see the Lord.
I planted a seed of hatred in my heart. I swore it would grow to be a massive tree whose roots would strangle them all.
Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.
Our sense of humor," said Mother, her eyes pooled with laughing tears. "They can't take that away from us, right?
My war had been so long, my winter so cold. But i had made it home. And for the first time in a long time, i was not afraid.
Mrs. Rimas cried at the mention of the wafer and the traditional Christmas blessing. God grant that we are all together again next year.
I took many trips down to New Orleans trying to experience the city as deeply as possible. I'm from Detroit so New Orleans seemed very exotic to me.
The Wilhelm Gustloff was pregnant with lost souls conceived of war. They would crowd into her belly and she would give birth to their freedom.
My sister and brother are both writers as well. We are constantly discussing story and plot lines. And I love to discuss story ideas with my husband.
What had human beings become? Did war make us evil or just activate an evil already lurking within us?
Papa said scientists speculated that from the moon, the earth looked blue. That night I believed it. I would draw it blue and heavy with tears.
Do you see, my dear? The proverbs are at play. 'I wept because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.'" I
Hitler said KdF brought opportunity for everyone, all were equal. But how could all be equal if some were favored?
Just when you think this war has taken everything you loved, you meet someone and realize that somehow you still have more to give.
Willie appeared completely calm about the news of Mother. She always said she could make tea in a tornado.
Ships capacity: 1,463
Passengers on board: 10,573
Lifeboats: 22
But then I remembered.
Ten of the lifeboats were missing
Passengers on board: 10,573
Lifeboats: 22
But then I remembered.
Ten of the lifeboats were missing
The evening breeze floated through the open window over my desk, waltzing the curtain from side to side.
Andrius, I'm ... scared."
He stopped and turned to me. "No. Don't be scared. Don't give them anything Lina, not even your fear.
He stopped and turned to me. "No. Don't be scared. Don't give them anything Lina, not even your fear.
I watched from the raft as the beautiful deep began to swallow the massive boat of steel.
In one large gulp." Emilia p341
In one large gulp." Emilia p341
I wasn't certain of anything anymore, except that New Orleans was a faithless friend and I wanted to leave her.
A woman nearby fell to her knees, sobbing. 'They say I can only choose one child for the ship. How can I choose? Please don't make me choose.
I've got a business to run. Elmo's bringing over a new bed frame. Dora broke her's last night. That girl should be in a side show, not a whorehouse.
your shoes are carrying your most valuable possession - your life. Do not delay. Everything else can be replaced,
My arm began moving, turning the invisible crank of Death's music box. Somewhere inside, I didn't want the melody to end.
I had said too much. He was giving me the look. I hated the look. It was the "You've had it tough, huh, kid?" look. It made me feel pathetic.
You see, fear is a hunter. It encircles us when we are unarmed and least expect it. And then we are forced to make decisions.
Massachusetts has no idea what's coming for them. I bet you'll be the first Mae West they've ever had.
I leapt eagerly into books. The characters' lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own.
Seagulls were the souls of dead soldiers. Owls were the souls of women. Doves were the recently departed souls of unmarried girls. Was
the poet Emerson said that when we have worn out our shoes, the strength of the journey has passed into our body.
He threw his burning cigarette onto our clean living room floor and ground it into the wood with his boot.
We were about to become cigarettes.
We were about to become cigarettes.
Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be taken by anybody else, these pages must be shown.