“People sometimes are under the impression that finding their property corners should cost as much as changing their oil or blowing out their sprinklers. What they don't realize is that land surveyors are required to stand behind their work for the rest of their lives.” PeopleShouldSometimesRealizingBehindsLandCostFindingsPropertyCornersOilImpressionSurveyorsLand Surveyor Author:Mark Mason
“That wind. I see it's blowing now. Furtive but commanding, it has dictated every move we've ever made. My mother felt it, and so do I - even here, even now - as it sweeps us like leaves into his backseat corner, dancing us to shreds against the stones. V'la l'bon vent, v'a l'joli vent. I though we'd silenced it for good. But the smallest thing can wake the wind@ a word, a sign, even a death. There's no such thing as a trivial thing. Everything costs; it all adds up until finally the balance shifts and we're gone again, back on the road, telling ourselves - well maybe next time” WellsMadeMovingMotherNextFeltGoneWindBalanceCostStonesAddDancingCornersSmallestNext TimeBackseatTrivial ThingsMaybe Next Time Author:Joanne Harris
“Of course it would cost something, but he was an expert in cutting corners; and when there were no more corners left he would make circles rounder.” CoursesLeftCuttingCostCornersCirclesExpertsCutting Corners Book:The Stories of Bernard Malamud Source: The Stories of Bernard Malamud