Random quotes from current reading material
"You can recover from a beating, but a disappointment leaves a scar in the soul forever"
From The Fair- Sholom Aleichem
"He admired worms of all kinds and found them so desirable, that, searching around for a pet name for a girl he loved, he called her "Wormy" She was a little huffy until she realized that he was using not the adjective but a dimunitive of the noun. His use of this word meant that he found her pretty, interesting, and desirable. But still it always sounded to the girl like an adjective."
About Ed Ricketts- John Steinbeck
(I'll be naming Snakely's doe kid "Wormy")
"I was to think of these days many times. Of Jem, and Dill, and Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson, and Atticus. He would be in Jem's room all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning. "
To Kill A Mockingbird- Harper Lee
From The Fair- Sholom Aleichem
"He admired worms of all kinds and found them so desirable, that, searching around for a pet name for a girl he loved, he called her "Wormy" She was a little huffy until she realized that he was using not the adjective but a dimunitive of the noun. His use of this word meant that he found her pretty, interesting, and desirable. But still it always sounded to the girl like an adjective."
About Ed Ricketts- John Steinbeck
(I'll be naming Snakely's doe kid "Wormy")
"I was to think of these days many times. Of Jem, and Dill, and Boo Radley, and Tom Robinson, and Atticus. He would be in Jem's room all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning. "
To Kill A Mockingbird- Harper Lee
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