“The editor sat in his sanctum, his countenance furrowed with care, His mind at the bottom of business, his feet at the top of a chair, His chair-arm an elbow supporting, his right hand upholding his head, His eyes on his dusty old table, with different documents spread.” MindDifferentHandsEyeCareFeetArmsTablesBottomSpreadJournalismSatHis EyesChairsEditorsDocumentsCountenanceElbows Book:Farm Ballads Source: Farm Ballads
“Any piece of furniture, I don't care how beautiful it is, has got to be lived with, and kicked about, and rubbed down, and mistreated by servants, and repolished, and knocked around and dusted and sat on or slept in or eaten off of before it develops its real character ... A good deal like human beings.” HumansRealCharacterCareBeautifulHuman BeingsDealsPiecesDown AndDon't CareI Don't CareServantSatFurnitureMistreatedReal Character Book:SHOW BOAT SO BIG CIMARRON Source: SHOW BOAT SO BIG CIMARRON