Monday, July 15, 2013

Unspoken

The love between us stayed unspoken. We knew it when our eyes met, when our hands touched.

- THE BUTTERFLY LION BY MICHAEL MORPURGO, PG 72

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Demeanor

It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman.

- THE HUNGER GAMES BY SUZANNE COLLINS, PG 67

Friday, June 21, 2013

Long

So often it is words or pictures that first tell us what we long for.

- INKDEATH BY CORNELIA FUNKE

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Angel

He was intolerable and wonderful and talked like an angel and was a real son-of-a-bitch.

- ON THOMAS WOLFE; FROM ONCE AGAIN TO ZELDA BY MARLENE WAGMAN-GELLER, PG 77

Friday, June 7, 2013

Cornflake

Wish I was a Kellogg's Cornflake
Floatin' in my bowl, takin' movies...

- PUNKY'S DILEMMA BY SIMON & GARFUNKEL

Monday, June 3, 2013

Daphnis

Dower me, Daphnis, or bereave me
Kiss me, kill me, love me, leave me
Damn me, dear, but don't deceive me!

- APPEAL BY EDITH NESBIT

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Gooseberry

Altogether, gooseberry virtues take some getting used to, as does trepang, tripe a la mode de Caen, or having turned thirteen.

- GOOSEBERRY FOOL BY AMY CLAMPITT