Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen. What the fundamental ambiguity of being human points out is that as much as we want to, we can never say, “This is the only true way. This is how it is. End of discussion.” ... Read More...
Sunday Sentence: Sweet Thunder
Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen. I thought again what an achievement a book is, a magic box simultaneously holding the presence of the author and the wonders of the world. ... Read More...
Sunday Sentence: This is the Story of a Happy Marriage
Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen. Think of a sink pipe filled with sticky sediment. The only way to get clean water is to force a small ocean through the tap. Most of us are full up with bad stories, boring stories, self-indulgent stories, searing works of ... Read More...
Sunday Sentence: The Night Rainbow
Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen. Sunshine sloshes through the window, brightening my thoughts and warming me into sleepiness. I fly up into my head to play with my thoughts. -The Night Rainbow by Claire King ... Read More...
Sunday Sentence: The Orchardist
Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen. Where some women yearned for mere privacy, she yearned for complete solitude that verged on the violent; solitude that forced you constantly back upon yourself, even when you did not want it anymore. - The Orchardist by ... Read More...
Sunday Sentence: In the Shadow of the Banyan
Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen. The best I could hope was to draw from each the light I needed to guide myself on this dark and uncertain path. The rest I’d have to do on my own. And my aloneness, this solitude, would be my strength. -In the Shadow of the ... Read More...
