“Back in high school, I wrote a novel about a character named Bart Simpson. I thought it was a very unusual name for a kid at the time. I had this idea of an angry father yelling "Bart," and Bart sounds kind of like bark - like a barking dog.” KindIdeasCharacterKidsSchoolFatherNamesSoundNovelDogHigh SchoolAngryUnusualBarkYellingBarking DogsUnusual NamesBart Simpson Author:Matt Groening
“The Book of Telling tells of a woman's journey to uncover the secret life of her father and to find herself in the process, an unusual counterpoint between personal history and the history of a young nation. Haunting, powerful, and beautifully written.” BookYoungFatherNationsProcessPowerfulSecretWrittenJourneyUnusualHauntingSecret LifePersonal History Author:Alan Lightman
“Until he lost all his money, my father was a successful north London Jewish businessman. He was unusual among his immediate family in that he was enormously cultured and had an incredible library.” FatherLostSuccessfulLibraryIncrediblesLondonUnusualBusinessmanImmediate Family Author:Anthony Horowitz
“... it was not very unusual at Washington for a lady to take the arm of a gentleman, who was neither her husband, her father, norher brother. This remarkable relaxation of American decorum has been probably introduced by the foreign legations.” Has BeensFatherBrotherArmsMoralityHusbandGentlemanRemarkableUnusualRelaxationDecorum Author:Frances Trollope