“There came to port last Sunday night The queerest little craft, Without an inch of rigging on; I looked and looked--and laughed. It seemed so curious that she Should cross the unknown water, And moor herself within my room-- My daughter! O my daughter!” ShouldLittlesLastsNightWaterRoomsDaughterCrossesCuriousCraftsSundayMy DaughterLaughedInchesPortMoorsSunday NightBabyhood Author:George Washington
“Spooky things happen in houses densely occupied by adolescent boys. When I checked out a four-inch dent in the living room ceilingone afternoon, even the kid still holding the baseball bat looked genuinely baffled about how he possibly could have done it.” StillsDoneHappensKidsHouseRoomsBoysFourBaseballThings HappenAfternoonInchesAdolescenceBatsLiving RoomSpookyBaffled Author:Mary Blakely
“I think that the way that I write stories is by instinct. You have some basic ideas - a character, or an image, or a situation that sounds compelling - and then you just feel your way around until you find the edges of your story. It's like going into a dark room... you stumble around until you find the walls and then inch your way to the light switch.” ThinkingWayFeelsWritingIdeasCharacterStoriesLightSoundDarkRoomsSituationWallInstinctEdgesInchesCompellingDark Room Author:Dan Chaon