“I was homeless for about 8 months, I refused to live with my dad or anyone for that matter. So I stayed somewhere that had no hot water, ever, no heat, I told myself I have to be strong and get through it on my own.” MatterStrongWaterMy OwnMonthsDadHotMy DadHeatHomelessHot Water Author:Eric West
“End-of-the-world stories tend to ring true. I've always been drawn to them, but as I wrote my own, I found surprising pleasure in creating a world that is so radically changed, yet where there's so much meaning and value in every small and ordinary thing we have, and take for granted: hot showers, enough food, friends, routines.” WorldEndsEnoughStoriesValuesFoundMy OwnPleasureChangedCreatingOrdinaryHotRingsGrantedSurprisingShowersEnd Of The WorldOrdinary Things Author:Karen Thompson Walker
“My own remedy is always to eat, just before I step into bed, a hot roasted onion, if I have a cold.” IfsMy OwnStepsColdBedHotVegetablesRemedyOnions Author:George Washington
“When it came to spankings, my dad never used a belt. One time he grabbed a piece of my Hot Wheels race car track. In my mind I'm thinking, 'Great, now I'm being beaten with my own toys...' Thank God I didn't get that wood burning set I wanted.” ThinkingMindWantedUsedMy OwnRacePiecesCarDadHotMy DadTrackWoodsBurningWheelsThank GodOne TimeToysBeatenBeltsRace CarSpanking Author:Scott Wood
“I write every morning. Two hours. Then I take a break and become my own secretary for a few hours. If I am "hot" I write in the afternoon and at night too.” IfsWritingTwoNightHoursMy OwnBreakMorningHotAfternoonEvery MorningSecretary Author:John Fante
“All the times, all the very many times, I had been forced to thwart and stifle my own nature seemed to gather together then, in that hot and dismal corridor. I heard a rushing sound in my head and felt a pressure in my breast, like floodwaters rising behind a flimsy dike. Before I knew I did it, the soup bowl was rising in my hand as if elevated by some supernatural force. Then, its yellow-gray contents were running down the nurse's pudgy face.” IfsHandsRunningTogetherFacesForceFeltSoundMy OwnBehindsHeardPressureHotRisingBreastsGrayYellowNurseBowlsSoupRushingCorridorsSupernatural Forces Book:March Source: March