“The kind of crabbing my wife likes to do is to return from an afternoon's swim or sunbathing session, open the refrigerator door, and find a generous plate of crab cakes all ready to cook.” KindWifeDoorsFoodReadyReturnCookingMy WifeLikesCooksGenerousCulinarySwimCakeAfternoonPlatesSessionRefrigeratorsCrabsSunbathing Author:Euell Gibbons
“marrows - alas! - are arriving in a steady stream at the back door. ... Oddly enough, the majority of people who grow them in Fairacre say, as they hand them over: 'Funny thing! I don't care for them myself. In fact, none of the family likes them!' But still they plant them. It must be the fascination of seeing such a wonderful return for one small seed, that keeps marrow-growers at their dubious task.” PeopleStillsEnoughFactsHandsCareGrowsWonderfulSeeingDoorsReturnTasksMajorityPlantDon't CareSeedsLikesI Don't CareStreamsSteadyGardeningAlasFascinationFunny ThingsArrivingDubiousMarrowBack Doors Author:Miss Read
“He that has his chains knocked off, and the prison doors set open to him, is perfectly at liberty, because he may either go or stay, as he best likes; though his preference be determined to stay, by the darkness of the night, or illness of the weather, or want of other lodging.” WantMayNightLibertyDarknessDoorsPrisonIllnessDeterminedLikesWeatherChainsPreference Book:An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Source: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
“The Watsons have lost sight of the fact that Mercy Watson is a pig, and they love her truly, madly, deeply. They live next door to two elderly sisters, Eugenia Lincoln and Baby Lincoln. Eugenia Lincoln is horrified that a pig is living in the house next door. Baby Lincoln secretly likes Mercy a great deal.” TwoFactsNextHouseLostDealsDoorsBabyMercySightLikesPigsElderlyWatson Author:Kate DiCamillo
“Find something you like, go into a room, close the door and read it aloud. Read it aloud. Everybody in the world who likes dance can see dance, or hear music, or see art, or admire architecture - but everybody in the world uses words who is not a recluse or mute. But the writer has to take these most common things, more common than musical notes or dance positions, a writer has to take some adverbs, and verbs and nouns and ball them up together and make them bounce.” WorldArtUseTogetherRoomsCommonDoorsPositionBallsNotesMusicalArchitectureLikesAdmireVerbsBounceMuteNounsRecluseCommon ThingsAdverbsMusical Notes Author:Maya Angelou