“We have to discard the past / and, as one builds / floor by floor, window by window, / and the building rises, / so do we keep shedding - first, broken tiles, / then proud doors... and each new day / gleams / like an empty / plate.” FirstsPastDoorsBuildingBrokenProudWindowEmptyPlatesRenewalNew DayGleamTilesEach New Day Book:I explain a few things: selected poems Source: I explain a few things: selected poems
“Yesterday people were going past my window in t shirts and dresses. But that's the men at the BBC for you.” PeopleMenPastHe ManWindowDressesYesterdayShirtsT Shirt Author:Eddie Mair
“The New World's sons from England's breast we drew Such milk as bids remember whence we came, Proud of her past wherefrom our future grew, This window we inscribe with Raleigh's fame.” WorldPastRememberSonGrewProudFameWindowEnglandBreastsOur FutureMilkNew WorldRemember WhenRaleigh Author:James Russell Lowell
“My current computer, in addition to 'DOS,' has 'Windows,' which is another invention of Bill Gates, designed as a security measure to thwart those users who are somehow able to get past DOS.” AblePastSecurityComputerWindowBillsCurrentsInventionGatesUsersSecurity Measures Author:Dave Barry
“Life was a freight train barreling toward just one stop, our loved ones streaking past our windows in blurs of color and light. There was no holding on to any of it, and no slowing it down.” LightPastColorWindowTrainJust OneLoved OnesHolding OnBlurSlowing Author:Marisha Pessl