#afternoon

When I was four or five, my father had a general store in Winchester and I don't think the farmers could ever leave on Saturday afternoon until I had been placed up on the counter to sing. ↗

— Dinah Shore

#been #could #counter #ever #farmers

I don't feel badly about that. There's a lot of energy on the golf course. The guys are playing great. I like the pairings in the afternoon. I'm going to take what we've got. ↗

— Hal Sutton

#afternoon #badly #course #energy #feel

Those dripping crumpets, I can see them now. Tiny crisp wedges of toast, and piping-hot, flaky scones. Sandwiches of unknown nature, mysteriously flavoured and quite delectable, and that very special gingerbread. Angel cake, that melted in the mouth, and his rather stodgier companion, bursting with peel and raisins. There was enough food there to keep a starving family for a week. ↗

— Daphne du Maurier

#cake #food #meals #sandwiches #tea

Christopher heard a pair of women gossiping nearby, whispering in disapproving undertones. "... Ramsey was found flirting in a corner with a woman. They had to drag him away from her." "Who was it?" "His own wife." "Oh, dear. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#hathaways #love #love-in-the-afternoon #marriage #love

A lifetime with such a woman was not nearly enough. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#christopher #hathaways #kleypas-hero #love-in-the-afternoon #love

I beg your pardon?” Catherine interrupted. “Are you implying that women have poor judgment?” “In these matters, yes.” Leo gestured to Christopher. “Just look at the fellow, standing there like a bloody Greek god. Do you think she chose him because of his intellect?” “I graduated from Cambridge,” Christopher said acidly. “Should I have brought my diploma?” “In this family,” Cam interrupted, “there is no requirement of a university degree to prove one’s intelligence. Lord Ramsay is a perfect example of how one has nothing to do with the other? ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#lisa-kleypas #love-in-the-afternoon #family

The censorious said she slept in a hammock and understood Yeats's poems, but her family denied both stories. ↗

— Saki

#eccentric #golden-afternoon #humor #saki #twentieth-century

I worried she might spend an afternoon chatting with me about the sights and then wish me best of luck. ↗

— Arthur Golden

#afternoon #best #chatting #i #luck

It wasn't like it is now. But for the types of teams we had, the fans were very good here. On some Thursday afternoon games, we'd get 25,000 fans. That was remarkable. This has always been a great Red Sox city. ↗

— Curt Gowdy

#always #been #city #fans #games

I take my son to school and then I drive 45 minutes to practice with my ABA team, the Florida Pit Bulls, from 10 to 1. In the afternoon, I have meetings. ↗

— Tim Hardaway

#bulls #drive #florida #i #meetings