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Sunday Sentence: The Valley of Amazement

November 3, 2013

Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen.   Ecco, October 2013  If I stopped running and stood still, I would be accepting that what I had was all I would ever have. And then I would no longer be lost, because there would be nowhere else to go. ... Read More...

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Sunday Sentence: The Night Guest

October 20, 2013

Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen.   ...she was furious at the way she fell in love with small things that turned out to be meaningless. -The Night Guest ... Read More...

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Sunday Sentence: Cartwheel

October 6, 2013

cartwheel

Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen.     But this was like a lot of things, she supposed—you wandered away from something for what felt like a minute and by the time you thought to come back to it, it had already been gone for a very long time.  ... Read More...

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Sunday Sentence: The Signature of All Things

September 29, 2013

signature of all things

Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen.   I would like to spend the rest of my days in a place so silent—and working at a pace so slow—that I would be able to hear myself living.     ... Read More...

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Sunday Sentence: Enon

September 15, 2013

Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen.     ...I deliberately found the thickest novels I could, for the pleasure of lingering in other worlds and other people's lives for as long as possible. -Enon by Paul Harding ... Read More...

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Sunday Sentence: The Perfume Collector

September 8, 2013

Perfume Collector

Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen.   “It’s a tango don’t you find? Sometimes dramatic, sometimes quiet, but always with a few good hard slaps thrown in.”      -Madame Zed describing fate ... Read More...

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