#sentence

There is nothing so banal in the world,' said Ada 'than pitching stones at a hawfinch. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#family

This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#food #food

Feast or famine. My plate is suddenly full. ↗

— David Wong Louie

#food #food

In one sentence, I'd describe myself as indescribable. But, I wouldn't end it with a period. I'd end it with three dots. ↗

— Jason Schwartzman

#dots #end #i #indescribable #myself

3 years, 1 month, 1 week, and 6 days since I'd seen daylight. ↗

— Susanne Winnacker

#life

We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck. ↗

— M.T. Anderson

#fun

The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped short? His entire policy would be jeopardized! ↗

— Roland Barthes

#clearly #deal #ending #entire #great

When your mama was the geek, my dreamlets," Papa would say, "she made the nipping off of noggins such a crystal mystery that the hens themselves yearned toward her, waltzing around her, hypnotized with longing. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#chicken #family #first-sentence #freaks #family

Sam LeClaire was a good-looking son of a bitch. ↗

— Rachel Gibson

#opening-sentence #humor

Just because someone does not love you as you want, it does not mean that you do not love with all his being. ↗

— Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

#love