“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 dear love, he is strong and bold And he cares not what comes after. His words ring sweet as a chime of gold, And his eyes are lit with laughter. He is jubilant as a flag unfurled - Oh, a girl, she'd not forget him. My own dear love, he is all my world - And I wish I'd never met him.” WorldEyeCareGirlStrongWishMy OwnForgetSweetMetsLaughterHumorousGoldDearRingsHis EyesFlagsLitChimesForget HimDear Love Book:Not So Deep as a Well Source: Not So Deep as a Well
“I should say that, in addition to my tree-love (it was originally called The Tree), it arose from my own pre-occupation with the Lord of the Rings, the knowledge that it would be finished in great detail or not at all, and the fear (near certainty) that it would be 'not at all'. The war had arisen to darken all horizons. But no such analyses are a complete explanation even of a short story.” ShouldWarStoriesWould BeMy OwnLordTreeDetailsFinishedRingsCertaintyAnalysisExplanationHorizonOccupationShort Story Author:J. R. R. Tolkien
“Cling closer, closer, life to life, Cling closer, heart to heart; The time will come, my own wed Wife, When you and I must part! Let nothing break our band but Death, For in the world above 'Tis the breaker Death that soldereth Our ring of Wedded Love.” WorldHeartMy OwnMarriageBreakWifeBandRingsHeart To Heart Book:Havelock's March and Other Poems Source: Havelock's March and Other Poems
“I refuse to step inside the ring and fight like a gladiator against my own. I'm not playing that game. Any woman who has survived a year or more of making music has my undying respect.” YearsFightingGamesMy OwnStepsRefuseRingsSurvived Author:Shirley Manson
“The alarm rings 4:45, again at 5, but I wake up 4:30 naturally. Shower, shave, orange juice, perk my own coffee, hear the news, and the CBS car arrives 5:30.” My OwnCarNewsWake UpCoffeeRingsShowersOrangeJuiceAlarmsPerksOrange Juice Author:Charlie Rose